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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9781439200452
ISBN: 1439200459
Label: BookSurge Publishing
Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing
Number Of Pages: 330
Publication Date: September 17, 2008
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Release Date: September 17, 2008
Studio: BookSurge Publishing
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Historical fiction at its absolute best, In The Shadow of Death by Walter B. Littlejohn is a character-driven plot filled with suspense and intrigue. Daring and original, man is pitted against man in a long and haunting war that is merciless and cruel to the stunning end. Jack Collins, a young American taken prisoner during the fall of the Philippines, survives the Bataan Death March, an odyssey that tested the very limits of human strength, only because of his determination to survive and the compassion of one of his captors, Lt. Kenji Tanaka. Years after the war, Jack returns to the scene of his ordeal in an attempt to bring closure to the nightmares that still haunt him, only to become convinced he must seek revenge for the worst atrocity ever committed against the American fighting man. Once again, Jack and Kenji are paired in a dark destiny in which one is a renegade killer with blood on his hands and the other is obligated to stop the killer roaming the streets of Tokyo.
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This work by new author Littlejohn is in every way satisfying. A challenging plot, characters with honest depth, and a bang-up twist ending. Almost impossible to put down. Highly recommended.
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"In the Shadow of Death" is a well-told intriguing story of two men from opposite sides of the brutal conflict in the Pacific Front. The nightmare that the Americans and Filipinos suffered at the hands of the Japanese is told from the viewpoint of both the Americans and the Japanese via Jack Collins and Kenji Tanaka. The novel reminded me of the of Elie Wiesel's "Night" "All Quite on the Western Front" by Erich Remarque. The Americans become numb to the horror they must helplessly endure. Some ... Read More
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THE SHADOW OF DEATH was a quick read with accurate locale information from an author who had obviously spent time in the two countries central to a good story.
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A truly inciteful, historic perspective of one the most horrific events in the history of those tumultuos times.Bravo, well done W.B.
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The story starts out with a literal explosion as the "USS Mackerel" destroys a Japanese ship. At the end of this chapter, the crew rescue a Japanese sailor.
From there, the manuscript offers chapters on Jack and Kenji's lives leading up to the war. The last portion has Jack in a bar with his buddies talking about tattoos in a bar.
At this point, the synopsis and excerpt do not quite segue, but the story is interesting and reasonably well-written. With a bit of further ... Read More
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