The American
2020
First Published
4.06
Average Rating
266
Number of Pages
Former U.S. tunnel rat Richard Trenor—disfigured in the war, but left with strange gifts as a result—is summoned back to Vietnam by Thanh, the son of an old friend, to find the man who killed Thanh’s eight-year-old sister. Trenor’s quest for justice will not only cause him to cross paths with two other Americans—one a cold-blooded assassin, the other a bloodthirsty madman – but also a tormented ghost, and an infestation of living evil. Spanning fifty years, THE AMERICAN is a gritty crime thriller laced with the supernatural, set in a vividly rendered Vietnam.
Avg Rating
4.06
Number of Ratings
36
5 STARS
39%
4 STARS
36%
3 STARS
17%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
0%
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Author
Jeffrey Thomas
Author · 40 books
Jeffrey Thomas is an American author of fantastical fiction, the creator of the acclaimed milieu Punktown. Books in the Punktown universe include the short story collections PUNKTOWN, VOICES FROM PUNKTOWN, PUNKTOWN: SHADES OF GREY (with his brother, Scott Thomas), and GHOSTS OF PUNKTOWN. Novels in that setting include DEADSTOCK, BLUE WAR, MONSTROCITY, HEALTH AGENT, EVERYBODY SCREAM!, and RED CELLS. Thomas' other short story collections include WORSHIP THE NIGHT, THIRTEEN SPECIMENS, NOCTURNAL EMISSIONS, DOOMSDAYS, TERROR INCOGNITA, UNHOLY DIMENSIONS, AAAIIIEEE!!!, HONEY IS SWEETER THAN BLOOD, and ENCOUNTERS WITH ENOCH COFFIN (with W. H. Pugmire). His other novels include LETTERS FROM HADES, THE FALL OF HADES, BEAUTIFUL HELL, BONELAND, BEYOND THE DOOR, THOUGHT FORMS, SUBJECT 11, LOST IN DARKNESS, THE SEA OF FLESH AND ASH (with his brother, Scott Thomas), BLOOD SOCIETY, and A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET: THE DREAM DEALERS. Thomas lives in Massachusetts.
