"The Hunter," the first book in the" Parker" series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind -- to coldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him Richard (Donald Westlake) Stark's groundbreaking "Parker "books are adapted for the first time as a series of graphic novels by Darwyn Cooke. The initial graphic novel brings to life the first "Parker "book, "The Hunter," which introduces readers to the dangerous anti-hero's cold and calculated world of criminals, thugs, and grifters.