It's sort of a have and have-not story, this book. It's a story about enriched kids who get over-enriched, and bright kids whose families don't know how to get them into programs that can help them.
A man who gets paid by governments to assassinate other people is trying to get out of the business, once and for all, in Barry Eisler's thriller "The Last Assassin." But for series hero John Rain, changing careers is not without grave risks, both to him and to two people who are newly important in his life.