The Heart of Desire [Kindle Edition]

John Klawitter (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Rolling waves of violence and dangerous adventures, quirky desperados, long-lost romance and heated passions collide on the back roads of the Southwest as the charismatic and mysterious Man With The Scar tries to bring order to his chaotic world.

As a young man, Clay Rhett, The Man With The Scar, was tricked into trading away his normal life for "a life of adventure". He's been running to stay alive ever since. Now he will take one last shot at breaking out of his bargain with fate, to regain his normal life.

Action, adventure, excitement, suspense, unexpected twists and turns, a huge fortune, romance and even a dash of true love.

Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 459 KB
• Print Length: 268 pages
• Publisher: Double Dragon eBooks (March 3, 2008)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0015Z7WF0
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent and Quirky Bit of Storytelling, April 7, 2008

By	Greg Crites "Melee" (Lakeland, Fl USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Heart of Desire (Kindle Edition)

It's rare to find a new take, a new spin, a new style. This has all three. I racked my brain for some previous book to compare this too, for style, and execution. I came up empty. It has everything; a perfect balance of weirdness, description, and characterization. This is good storytelling and the reason I enjoy reading.

5.0 out of 5 stars Be careful what you wish for, April 4, 2010

By	John Klawitter (Hollywood) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Heart of Desire (Paperback)

Length:: 2:10 Mins

He was just a naive young college kid who joined the army to see war like his hero, Ernest Hemingway. He didn't have a clue, and he didn't take anything seriously. Not love, not the war...and he even made fun of things maybe he shouldn't have. And then, one drunken night in an old French whorehouse, he met a strange old lady...and actually managed to trade away his ordinary life for a more exciting one. He thought it was a game, and, in a way, it was...That was the night he got his scar, and he's been running ever since...Over time, he's grown quick and wary, like a lean badlands wolf. Not a bad guy, but he can never rest. You see, The Heart of Desire is a game of chance. The demi-gods invented it to amuse themselves. The Heart of Desire is also the cult classic road adventure novel from double Dragon Publishing. Now available as a downloadable e-book in all the popular formats, including Kindle. And as a trade paperback. An audio book. And soon to be a major motion picture. Meanwhile, you might think twice before you laugh at danger...or scoff at romance...or make light of god-like creatures who bet on petty games of little consequence...

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible Audiobook, October 20, 2008

By	Sister Book Addict "Sister Book Addict" (Silver City, NM USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Heart of Desire (Paperback)

Warning the author did the audiobook on this one. While his voice is ok, there is lots of music at the end and beginning of each chapter. I could get past chapter 3 since I could not understand the book due to the audio production with the creepy music covering up much of the voice...for what seamed like pages of the story. Horrible production.

The author also tells you at the beginning of each chapter (I only made it through three) that HE IS THE AUTHOR READING THE BOOK! Was this a bit to much ego?

Might have been an interesting book, but the author would have done well to hire a professional narrator or audio book production studio that knows how to produce an quality audio book product. My time would have been much better spent listening to something else.