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Roland Troy, ex-CIA operative, criminal investigator, and martial arts expert, has lived peacefully in Florida's swampy backwaters for more than twenty years. Suddenly, a series of events brings him back into the world of the tracker, the world of violence he has tried to leave behind. Clara Roseman, the woman Troy once loved deeply and then lost, appeals to him for help. Her son, Billy, has been charged with the rape and murder of a seductive and inscrutable female disc jockey named Nikki Waters. The evidence against Billy seems conclusive. But Troy, who is Clara's last hope, agrees to use all his skills to establish her son's innocence. In so doing, he gets a rare second chance to be with Clara again. Troy's investigations lead him from Florida to Texas, Mexico, and Costa Rica and even connect with events that took place in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. As the novel unfolds, the past links between Troy and Nakama are revealed. Although they share membership in the Prancing Tiger, an elite ancient martial arts brotherhood, their rivalry is more than a battle between good and evil: It is the sparring of two extraordinary forces, an intricate chess game in which master is p
- Author
- Philip Singerman
- Publisher
- New York: Ivy Books
- Published
- 1994
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780804114288
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Humanities
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