Part 1: Chapter 1-3 Summary

The Gun Seller by Hugh Laurie is the story of an Englishman named Thomas Lang. It begins when Thomas Lang is asked to assassinate a man. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the situation, Thomas gets pulled into the center of a conspiracy so convoluted that he has no idea who to trust or how to get out alive. Thomas soon finds that he must choose between doing the right thing, which will most likely end in his death, or condemn others to death in order to save himself.

When chapter one begins Thomas Lang is in a struggle with a man named Bob Rayner. Thomas is able to get free and hits Rayner over the head with a statue. A woman comes down the stairs and Thomas grabs her from behind before she has a chance to...