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Pete Houston never knew his father. He grew up worshipping the memory of a man who died a hero in 1944, but when he travels to France to visit his grave, he finds it gone. The wall of silence surrounding him makes Pete even more determined to discover the truth, but then the killing begins.

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Wanting to make peace with the past by visiting his war-hero father's grave in France, Peter Houston uncovers a deadly secret that makes him a target for murder, and when the woman he loves is killed, he swears an oath of vengeance. Reprint. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hell bent on revenge. Not survival., May 31 2004

By	Wolfe Moffat (Franklinville, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this, wanting to love it. While I will check out more of David Morrell, I didn't look at this as a novel of survival, but of hell on wheels revenge, and with no consequences. The setting in France was awesome. Takes you to a different place in the world. I thought it was a good attempt of a "kill or be killed" kind of book, but after awhile, I just didn't see it in that light at all.

So, in closing I can say that I'll give Morrell another shot. I loved the Rambo movies and would love the chance to read "First Blood" or something that will stick out so I can further read his material. In saying that, the Rambo movies were also movies motivated by revenge, but it wasn't the point Morrell was trying to get across.

It was hard for me to give this only 3 stars. But as a man who makes up his mind and sticks to his guns, that's all I can give it. Maybe next time.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Morrell Is great, April 8 2002

By	Greg (Staten Island, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)

This was the 1st of many Morrell books that I have read. This book made me want to read his other works such as Desperate Measures and I am currently reading First Blood. In this book you don't want to miss a thing and you are alwasys thinking. Morrell is great at making the hunter become the hunted. You can feel for Houston. He was told his whole life by his mother about his great war hero father and when he goes to pay his respects to his father people are trying to kill him and succeed in killing his wife. This is a book I would recomend to anyone.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Horrifying at times, Mar 5 2002

By	"ploid" (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Blood Oath (Mass Market Paperback)

...This book has it's moments, it starts out well and keeps your attention for awhile. In the end it starts to unravel the best moments are the groin stabbing demise of one of the villians, and the other good death scene is another villian goes plummeting of a cliff girating and sreaming...

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5.0 out of 5 stars First Morrell book I read-and why I still read only his!
This was the first book I have read from David Morrell and this book is a prime example of why I continue to read his novels. Read more

Published on Feb 11 2002 by Blake

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read it at supper or you'll go to bed hungry.
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.

Published on Nov 19 1999

1.0 out of 5 stars Life is too short to finish this book.
Having read and thoroughly enjoyed one David Morrell novel I purchased all of his books that I could find. Some I found readable, some I could not put down. Read more

Published on Aug 3 1999 by T. D. Gaston (tim@tgaston.glob...

2.0 out of 5 stars Not one of Morrell's best. Please read his others.
While David Morrell is one of my favorite authors, I can not in good conscience recommend this particular submission. Read more

Published on Jul 26 1998