Blood Oath [Mass Market Paperback]

David Morrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 12, 1983

"He wanted to make peace with the past... Peter Houston just wanted to find the grave of the war-hero father he never knew--a yearning that would draw him thousands of miles from home to the military cemetary in France. Instead, he stumbled into a shadowy underworld... He enver dreamed his private pilgrimage would unearth a decades-long secret that would plunge him into a deadly labyrinth of intrigue and murder. Now, he's fighting for survival... As ruthless assassins hunt him through the cities of Europe, he'll struggle to stay alive. But when they murder the woman he loves, he'll turn from hunted to hunter. And swearing a blood oath of vengeance... Tracking down his ruthless tormentors, he'll discover a truth he could not imagine..and could possibly destroy him. As ruthless assassins hunt him through the cities of Europe, he'll struggle to stay alive. But when they murder the woman he loves, he'll turn from hunted to hunter. And swearing a blood oath of vengeance... Tracking down his ruthless tormentors, he'll discover a truth he could not imagine..and could possibly destroy him."

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett Crest (July 12, 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449203913
• ISBN-13: 978-0449203910
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,582,331 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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., July 26, 1998

By A Customer

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., November 18, 1999

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., June 21, 2009

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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.