The Sparrow's Blade [Kindle Edition]

Kenneth R. Lewis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 5, 2011

In the aftermath of having survived an encounter with pedophile serial killer Uriah Beek almost three years earlier, two still healing couples reconnect at Christmas time in the small Oregon coast city of Cutter Point. Kevin Kearnes, the city's former police chief, now a special agent with Homeland Security, is returning to Cutter Point with Britt McGraw and his two young sons to marry Britt on the same beach where he first kissed her. Thud Compton, Kearnes' old sergeant, and now Cutter Point's new chief, has invited them to stay at the Compton home. However, the Kearnes' are not the only ones traveling to Cutter Point for the holidays. Some very bad men are coming to town and instead of bearing gifts; they are planning on taking one for themselves, an old military sword from WWII rusting away inside its display case in the local library which after 9/11 is now worth a million dollars on the world black market for war artifacts. Russian mobsters "Little Nikki" Kravchenko and Vlasi Voronov will happily accept half that much in payment from Phillip Peeters, the man who has hired them to steal it, but to college student Darius Ono, who has already failed at one attempt to take it, the sword is priceless and reclaiming it will restore honor to the name of his dead great uncle "The Emperor's Sparrow." Although they don't yet know it, Kevin Kearnes and Thud Compton are about to face their greatest threat ever when they are forced to pursue the murderous men who have stolen "The Sparrow's Blade."

The Sparrow's Blade is a 2012 Eric Hoffer Award winner for Commercial Fiction!

Read the Award Winning prequel to The Sparrow's Blade:
Little Blue Whales - Winner of The 2010 Public Safety Writers Association First Grand Prize For Fiction!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Ken Lewis immerses you in the shattered minds and lives of two cops viciously beaten and nearly killed by a psychopathic killer. The climax of this book is as fast-paced, action-packed, and suspense-filled as a book can be."

Earl Staggs, author of Memory of a Murder


"Deeply personal and darkly suspenseful. The passion, intensity, and breakneck pace of The Sparrow's Blade makes it a worthy successor to Little Blue Whales. A must read!"

Bill Cameron, author of County Line and Day One


"An old military sword, "The Sparrow's Blade," goes missing and sets off a dangerous series of events. With two compelling main characters that drive the novel, Lewis creates a captivating mystery that is layered and rich."

US Review of Books

About the Author

Ken Lewis lives with his wife JaNell in a small town in
Oregon where he is the chief of police. His first novel,
Little Blue Whales, won the 2010 Public Safety Writers
Association First Grand Prize for Fiction. In May of
2012 The Sparrow's Blade won an Eric Hoffer Award
for fiction.

Product Details

• File Size: 599 KB
• Print Length: 352 pages
• Publisher: Krill Press; First edition (February 5, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004H4XPGQ
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,674 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Kenneth R. Lewis is a career law enforcement officer and author. He lives in the small southern Oregon town of Rogue River with his wife JaNell where he is Chief of the Rogue River Police Department. Ken sold his first short story when he was twenty, but didn't start writing his first novel until he was forty nine. "Little Blue Whales," his 2009 crime thriller set on the Oregon coast, won the 2010 Public Safety Writers Association First Grand Prize for fiction. His latest novel "The Sparrow's Blade" was published on Valentine's Day, 2011, and on May 13, 2012 won an Eric Hoffer Award in the category of Commercial Fiction. His next novel, "The Helical Vane," is scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2013. In addition to writing, Ken is an avid outdoorsmen and loves to take advantage of everything the great outdoors of Oregon has to offer. He is represented by the Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency, Beverly Hills, CA.

Web address: http://www.kennethrlewis.com
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