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Series: Misc
Genre: Other
ISBN: 0765302020
Pages: 464 pages
Publisher: Doherty, Tom Associates
Price: $27.95
Reader Rating: 7 out of 10
Votes: 3

The Man Who Fought Alone by Stephen Donaldson

Description: In this sprawling new novel, Stephen R. Donaldson tells a tale of a hero's dark night of the soul. The Man Who Fought Alone will enthrall the millions of readers who followed Thomas Covenant's adventures through six bestselling books.

Mick Axbrewder has enough problems to kill ten lesser men. He's a recovering alcoholic. He's healing - painfully and slowly - from a gunshot wound that nearly killed him. His old partner and lover, Ginny, seems to want as little to do with him as possible.

Years ago, he and Ginny worked side-by-side. But that was before he accidentally shot and killed a cop. While drunk. A cop who happened to be his brother.

Now Axbrewder - 'Brew' to his friends - is trying to make his way back to self-respect. It isn't easy. It doesn't help that Ginny has moved the pair of them to the sprawling, heartless Sunbelt city of Carner, where he can't get the 'feel' of the streets. At least he has work, handling security for the area's booming martial arts industry, a world of modern commercial competition and ancient resentments. A world with hidden stakes, over which someone is evidently willing to kill.

But Brew's real job isn't the one for which he's been hired. His real job is regaining his own self-respect.

"As with all of Stephen R. Donaldson's stories, he writes about the pain of being human. This is not a book for people who are daunted by reality and the fact that we all have problems. I enjoyed the novel immensely and recommend it both confidently and enthusiastically to people who enjoy testament to the human spirit." --Anthony Seliquini (Salvinian Station)