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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not one of Morrell's best. Please read his others.,
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This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)
While David Morrell is one of my favorite authors, I can not in good conscience recommend this particular submission. Blood Oath lacks several things, not the least of which is substance. You can not develop a liking to the whiny, pitiful, under-developed protagonist; Peter Houston. If this is your first read by Morrell, please don't judge him on this work. Try "The Brotherhood of the Rose", or " The Fraternity of the Stone", or "The Fifth Profession" to get a glimpse of what this wonderful author is truly capable of.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't read it at supper or you'll go to bed hungry.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)
Morrell is my favorite outhor and he thrilled me again with this book. I didnt want to put it down and have read it over several times.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Everything isn't as it seems.,
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This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)
Imagine if your father died in the war and you went to France to see his grave and he wasn't burried there?
This is what happens to Peter Houston. He never knew his father who had died in WWII and now that Peter's mother has died, Peter and his wife Jan travel to France to visit Peter's father's grave and tell him about his wife's death. However, at the military cemetary they find that Peter's father is not listed there or in the two closest military cemetaries. The military authorities explain that this is most unusual but it has happened two other times. Now all Peter has is the info that a Pierre de St. Laurent had written saying that he promised to look after his father's grave. However, St. Laurent is also missing. Peter is told that he might find the missing man in another town and when traveling there a van forces his car off the road into a river. Peter survives but Jan doesn't. When he awakens, Peter is back at the hotel he was staying at. The owner and his daughter Simone, said Peter could stay there and recover. Peter is that much more resolved that, improbably, he has his wife cremated and goes with Simone to the town where he expected to find the missing man. However, this doesn't work either. Without revealing plot. Peter and Simone are attempting to find answers for Peter's father's disappearence and that of the two missing service men. Morrell is a master at maintaing suspense and he does so here. He weaves the plot around incidents that happened in WWII and what has become of the people in those incidents. Written in 1982 it gives an interesting, if improbable story. Mild recommendation. Note the book is also interesting when the reader compares it to Morrell's later writing and sees his professional development.
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