{"product_id":"the-compassionate-tiger-hunton-downs-9781957868127","title":"The Compassionate Tiger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A tale of intrigue and violence...if you like a yarn of high adventure in exotic lands, tough and brawny heroes, and sex in heavy doses, this fills the bill.\" \u003ci\u003eHackensack Record\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn ancient, Vietnamese parable tells of a tigress who attacks her own cubs...and if the cubs don't fight back, she kills them out of compassion. Because she knows a cub must learn to kill...or be killed\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Soldier-of-fortune Daniel King, also a former male escort, realizes the parable is the key to the cut-throat world of Vietnam in 1954. To survive, King must outwit Mossard, a rich plantation owner who has hired him as a bodyguard... and who constantly plays both sides of every conflict. But so do Mossard's wife Charlotte and his beautiful mistress Thi-Tuyet, who both lure King into their beds. King must walk on the razor's edge of death and betrayal in a world of non-stop greed and sudden violence...or die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Excellent...the story of Daniel King is interesting, and always exciting, as he struggles to avoid the destiny of the compassionate tiger and the death it must exact.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Tennessean\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mortal struggle for power, a gripping conflict set against a broad, accurately realized background that results in the most exciting novel that has yet emerged out of the tinderbox that is Southeast Asia.\" \u003ci\u003eDallas Times-Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exciting, swift-moving novel with as dramatic and bloodthirsty a series of situations as its possible for a mortal author to conceive. A fast-paced story in the best blood-and-thunder tradition.\" \u003ci\u003eThe News-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There are enough plots, battles and bloodshed to satisfy a reader who likes action and fast-paced, realistic stories.\" \u003ci\u003eMiami News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A fast-paced suspense novel that will hold you.\" \u003ci\u003eBirmingham News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A solid book with terrific color, almost constant action, and a rather realistic look at the political scene...and good reading.\" \u003ci\u003eAda Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hunton Downs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1957868120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781957868127\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.94lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Hunton Downs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372548673791,"sku":"9781957868127","price":22.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26ed75b2-c051-4cd2-aa7c-2a7773ac29e6.jpg?v=1732726273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-compassionate-tiger-hunton-downs-9781957868127","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}