Reeves has come back home to Minnesota and the small
town he grew up in to find the town has changed in many ways. The local Ford
Plant has closed and the economic pain of that is just one of the things that continue
to haunt the town. He has changed as well thanks to growing up and serving in
the military
though many folks don’t seem inclined to talk to him. The various
ghosts of the past and shattered dreams haunt the town as well as Reeves and there
are no easy answers for either.
Taken care of by Grandpa Butch, Reeves spent most of
his life in the back of the local Army Navy store. It was there that Reeves
developed a love for weapons--especially knives and swords. Butch is still
alive and as angry as ever and isn’t about to let Reeves backslide into his old
ways. He also isn’t about to let anyone else mess with him. That hardcore attitude
towards family and the world will come in handy as Takehiko Yoshiro has come to
buy the old store and all of its contents. A buying attempt that will lead to
violence as some things, including honor, simply are never for sale in this
martial arts thriller.
Throw in a beautiful babe, a fast car, martial arts,
and an enduring love as well as a couple of other elements and Blade
Of Dishonor by Thomas Pluck becomes a complicated ride into the past
and present. Featuring twin storylines with Grandpa Butch struggling to survive
during World War II and Reeves struggling to survive now, the read moves back
and forth in time as the storylines merge together. Martial arts and the history
of various groups in Japan are major components of this book that blends the past
and the present in a way that ultimately results in Reeves fighting for
everything he holds dear in a violent final confrontation half a world away in
Japan. Officially World War II may be long over, but some of the factors that led
into the war are still at work in this very good tale where honor means
everything.
Blade Of Dishonor
Thomas
Pluck
Goombah
Gumbo Press
September
5, 2013
ASIN:
B00F0N4G48
E-Book
(also available in print)
370
Pages
Material supplied by the author for my use in an
objective review.
Kevin R. Tipple ©2013
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