Title: Honor & Entropy
Author: Arthur Spevak (Author), J.E. Rainey (Introduction)
Review: Well this is a long…..long
book. The story is interesting and kept
me reading, but I thought I would never get to the end. The characters are multi-faceted and the story
wraps you up tugging you along. I did
have to go back every so often to see what I missed….sometimes the transition
from the past to the present was difficult to follow, but wow this story is
amazing. The story is simply a treasure
hunt gone wrong…language problems, transportation problems, cannibal problems
and more and more and more problems and then of course the families left at
home.
Choppy language and transitions did make this a struggle to read at
times, I think a bit better editing would do great things for this book. The story is fantastic and cutting the telling
parts for more showing would have made this tale flow better. It took work to get this book finished, but I
have to say that the ending and the journey are worth the time invested. Of course editing could have the potential to
make this book a bestseller or made for TV mini-series.
If you enjoy epic stories of war, loss, love and redemption and you have
lots of time to read, then I think you will find this to your liking.
Publisher: Published 2011 by Lost Lobo Books
Copyright: 2011
Pages: 1133 pages 1272 KB
ISBN: B005VTK20S
Quick Review: 4 Stars out of 5.
Where Did I Get the Book:
Sent by the author for review.
Synopsis: Telly Brensen longs for
his father, missing since WWII, and despises his mother’s suitors; and when her
priceless ring disappears, this ignites his long smoldering rage. He hunts down
the ring, maiming the thug who has it; and even though this frees a man
wrongfully imprisoned for taking it, he is prosecuted into choosing between the
Marines or jail. His choice lands him in Vietnam, where he carries out an act
of extraordinary valor. This time, though, a gunfight with a jealous NCO turns
a Medal of Honor nomination into a dishonorable discharge. Four years later,
with reasons to live fading fast, Telly gets a tip concerning his father. He
tracks down old friend Arthur Spevak, solicits him for backup, and sets off
alone…for Borneo.
Unknown to Telly, Spevak is a tormented soul in his own
right. Once orphaned, a sense of worthlessness sabotages his every attempt at
romance, and in desperation, he, too, joins the Marines. When sent to Vietnam,
though, anger at the world for driving him to such measures will not abate, and
he becomes a notorious rogue – until the death of a brave friend sends him home
with new self-loathing. By the time Telly finds him, he is living on a Chinese
mountainside, alone, aimless, and broke. Now since they never crossed paths in
the war, each is ignorant of the other’s disgrace, and they make an awkward
pact. Then Telly vanishes, and Spevak reluctantly picks up the trail, unaware
of how far the journey will one day take him.
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