Tengu - (A Connor Burke Martial Arts Thriller) by John J Donohue (Paperback)

About the Book

Events spawned by hatreds old and new and personal ties of honor once again reach into the lives of martial arts scholar Connor Burke and the master Warrior Yamashita, snaring them in a struggle of international proportions which ultimately threatens the lives of both master and pupil, setting them upon a path in search of the most deadly of foes.

Book Synopsis

[Japan] An intelligence analyst is murdered on temple grounds.

[Manila] Two embassy guards go missing and a bizarre execution video is discovered by a special-forces team.

[New York] Martial arts expert Connor Burke is hired as a consultant for an elite US Army training program.

[Mindanao Philippines] A young Japanese ethnographer from Harvard University is kidnapped by a terrorist cell of Abu Sayeff.

A renegade martial arts Sensei known as the Tengu has been recruited to train a splinter group of Asian terrorists with links to Al Qaeda. The Tengu mourns the vanished prestige and cultural heritage of Imperial Japan. He, like the men he trains, believes the West is responsible for destroying the spiritual essence of a once-great culture.

In a series of violent clashes spawned by the bizarre intersection of contemporary fundamentalist terrorist ideology and the personal vendettas of the Tengu, Connor Burke and his martial arts teacher Yamashita are pawns in a game that will ensnare them while they search for the most deadly of foes: the Tengu.

Review Quotes

"Donohue has truly raised the bar with Tengu, the third installment of his Connor Burke series. This action packed thriller depicts a gritty realism. Once you start reading, it's hard to put down. Highly recommended!"--Lawrence A. Kane, author of Surviving Armed Assaults

Donohue hits poignantly and true on something that most martial artists will never feel: the deep emotional shifts as a student's relationship with a sensei changes to something deeper. A well crafted martial arts thriller, which is something of a rarity.--Sgt. Rory Miller

"A gem amidst the gravel bed of thrillers that claim to feature martial arts..."--James Grady, author of Six Days of the Condor and Mad Dogs

About the Author

John Donohue, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, and Professor of Social Science, Albertus Magnus College, New Haven, CT, is author of the critically acclaimed thriller Sensei and its sequel Deshi, (St. Martin's Press). He's a nationally prominent writer and martial arts scholar, an associate editor for the Journal of Asian Martial Arts and a member of the advisory board for the National Association of Professional Martial Artists. He holds black belt ranks in both karate and kendo. John Donohue resides near New Haven Connecticut.