Cutting spiritual insight infuses martial arts thrillerSteeped in Eastern philosophy, rich with language that evokes the sweat and intensity of a Japanese dojo, and peppered with gritty cop talk and wry humor, John Donohue's "Deshi" smoothly folds mysticism into this top-notch action thriller.Spi...
Sensei is a typical Am-Jap story. This falls in the category of books that blend the American environment with Japanese philosophy. This is a story set in Brooklyn and is about the Japanese martial arts training community. It has a mix of Japanese martial arts with some NYPD cop drama. This book ...
Micky said they had called them “go pills” years ago when he was in the Marines. “They’re amphetamines,” I protested. “They can’t be good for you.” The dashboard threw a dim light into the interior of the jeep and I could just make out his sardonic expression. “Connor. You moron. We’re heading to...
And, eventually, they’ll wear you down. It’s the basic strategy of all pack hunters. So I got my left sword-hand up to block the blow, redirected his arm out and down and back up again. I spun him around in a classic shiho-nage technique, controlling his arm and bending it so his palm faced his r...
People have peered into the depths of caves for thousands of years, hoping the voice that sounded from the blackness could tell the future. It usually ends badly: what we want to hear most is almost always something we will regret learning. It had rained in the night. When I went for my jog by th...
Little did over the next few days. It began with a strange break in routine. We were summoned by Takano without warning and filed into the temple reception hall in silence, our minds racing. What could it mean? With the old man, every day was filled with a certain amount o...
Slowly, the cloud cover was burned away, and the hills humped up like waves, stretching to the horizon. There were small sounds. The rustle of squirrels. Wind in tree limbs. The door to the cabin stood ajar, like a mouth open in silent surprise. Everything was hushed in the aftermath. From within...