Tessa
just got out of prison three months ago. She had been an enforcer in
her Uncle Teruo's Japanese mafia gang in San Francisco and she took
the fall for her cousin's crime. All for the family, she thought.
But
while she was in prison she had a life changing experience. She got
saved. How can she possibly live a new life when her Uncle expects
her to continue working for him?
Tessa
meets a woman at a shelter who needs protection from her violent
husband as she pursues a divorce. Tessa agrees to help her and both
of them get plunged into the dangers of the Asian underworld.
This
novel got off to a bit of a slow start. The Japanese mafia in San
Francisco was entirely new to me, as was its conflict with the
Chinese mafia. It took me a while to get involved in the novel but
once I did, I enjoyed it. Tessa is an expert in martial arts and it
is a good thing. As an ex-con, she cannot carry a weapon.
The
force of this novel is Tessa's new faith. How can she live out her
Christianity when there is vengeance and rage surrounding her? How
can she maintain the honor of her family yet honor Christ?
There
is just a hint of romance in this novel. At the end, we are certainly
set up for more in the sequel. I look forward to the sequel.
Camy
Tang writes full time and is a staff worker for her church youth
group. She also leads one of the worship teams on Sunday morning. She
won the Carol Book of the Year award in the Debut Author category
with her novel Sushi for One? She and her husband live in San
Jose, California. You can find out more about her at
www.camytang.com.
Zondervan,
331 pages.
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