In the Forest of the Night [Paperback]

Ron Faust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1994

Facing execution in a jail cell in a chaotic Central American country, Martin Springer, an American volunteer doctor, vows to escape from his cell, rescue his kidnapped wife, and kill her tormentors. Reprint. AB. NYT.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In this steamy, irresistible novel, Faust ( The Burning Sky ) yanks an American doctor from the jaws of a rebel firing squad in an anonymous Central American country into the deadlier sights of a corrupt government security chief with his eye on the doctor's beautiful wife. Dr. Martin Springer is about to be shot as an inadvertent witness to a village massacre when Col. Fuerto--a Cuban mercenary hired by the rebels--bluffs past the firing squad and hustles Martin onto a helicopter. Hours later, Fuerto has dumped Martin with minimal supplies on a jungle river, and flown on to Mexico. Meanwhile Katherine Springer has arrived in the capital to locate her husband in all the wrong places--her only option, since the CIA supports the corrupt goverment. There she fires the libido of the chief of the secret police, Cabeza de Vaca. Martin manages a hair-raising journey down river to the capital, where he finds a joyous Katherine--and the real trouble begins. Furious at being spurned, de Vaca blocks the Springers' exit from the country and has Katherine "arrested" and interned at a brothel. Martin, hardened by his jungle flight, kidnaps de Vaca's teenaged daughter, forcing a standoff. The re-entry of the ebullient, deadly Fuerte and the ensuing action rocket the tale to a perfect resolution. Faust's clear, unadorned prose and his deft, pure characterization ring with the force of Hemingway or Graham Greene.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal

Faust's first published novel since Snowkill (Dorchester, 1981) drops two American innocents into a Central American snake pit of a country. Martin Springer is a volunteer physician; after witnessing a massacre, he is arrested and faces execution. His wife, Katherine, soon arrives and attempts to arrange his release. Unknown to her, Martin escapes at the last moment and begins a journey through the jungle to the capital city, during which he assumes some of the brutality around him. Meantime, Katherine descends into a hell of her own just trying to survive. The two finally reunite and extract a measure of revenge before returning home. While some of Faust's plot developments take on a fantastic sheen, his writing skill and pacing keep the story from dragging. Recommended wherever suspense fiction is popular.
- A.J. Wright, Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Tor Books (April 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812513819
• ISBN-13: 978-0812513813
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,553,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Creepy, June 26, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: In the Forest of the Night (Paperback)

This is probably the creepiest book I have ever read. The ending is a bit abrupt but it is a fairly well written book. This book IS DEFINATELY NOT FOR CHILDREN. It will give them nightmares for weeks. If you are an adult you will definately like it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full of lust and action, December 26, 1998

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This review is from: In the Forest of the Night (Paperback)

I was surprised to find this book so full of lust and romance, given the fact that this book was written by one of the male gender. The ending was a little to abrupt and confusing, but boy...