Dukkha Hungry Ghosts

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This book, the fourth in the Detective Sam Reeves series, is filled with the action Loren Christensen readers have come to expect. Himself a Vietnam veteran and a retired police officer, Christensen has the credentials to offer up scenes that are beyond fiction. The eye-opening truth is the action and the angst Sam experiences are taken from real-life incidentsonly the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

Portland, Oregon, police detective Sam Reeves has earned a reputation for being a magnet for trouble. Even for a cop hes been in the middle of too much conflict for any sane mans taste. Hes had run-ins with crazed psychopaths, Vietnamese mafia, Vietnamese mafia, again, and white supremacists. People think shooting a gun is just part of a cops day and he moves on with his lifejust like in the movies. But it isnt like that, and the ghosts of Sams past continue to haunt him.

When Mai, the incredibly sensuous martial artist Eurasian beauty, the love of his life, returns to Portland, Sam feels as though the excrement storm is finally over. He has no idea what awaits him.

The adventure starts on a beautiful day at an outdoor shopping mall and continues into San Francisco. Sams father, Samuel, a martial art master of the Temple of Ten Thousand Fists, and his best friend, a Vietnamese man named Tex, come for a visit and to meet the long-estranged brother of his recently deceased grandmaster, Shen Lang Rui. A road trip to San Francisco, what could go wrong

How about everything

Reviews

"Loren Christensen, a great warrior-wordsmith and author of nearly 50 books, has turned his hand to fiction and it's a knockout! A searing, powerful, and ultimately uplifting book. If you like Tom Clancy or Brad Thor, you'll love Loren Christensen!Christensen is the Joseph Wambaugh for our age. Wambaugh is a former a cop who uses his experience to write powerful, bestselling police novels. Christensen is a career cop and a world-class martial arts trainer and champion, who has turned his experiences into a unique brand of kung-fu cop novels that will knock your socks off!"--Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, Author of On Combat"
"Gripping martial arts cop thriller with a Vietnamese twist."--Goran Powell, 4th dan black belt and author of Waking Dragons

Author Bio

Loren W. Christensen began his law enforcement career in 1967 as a Military Policeman (Army). He joined the Portland (Oregon) Police Bureau in 1972, retiring in 1997. During his years on PPB, he worked street patrol, child abuse, dignitary protection, Intelligence, street gangs, and in the training unit. Christensen began training in the martial arts in 1965. Over the years he has earned a total of 11 black belts, eight in karate, two in jujitsu and one in arnis. As a professional writer since 1978, he has written 45 books, dozens of magazine articles, and edited a police newspaper for eight years. He has written about martial arts, missing children, street gangs, school shootings, workplace violence, police-involved shootings, nutrition, exercise, prostitution, and various street subcultures. Loren was inducted into the martial arts Masters Hall of Fame in 2011. Loren W. Christensen resides near Portland Oregon.