Product Description

For centuries, the Kwans, a dynastic Chinese family, have been searching for the secrets of longevity and their Hong Kong based pharmaceuticals company now conducts horrific experiments on live subjects. The author has also written "Headhunter" and "Ghoul".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #709840 in Books
• Published on: 1993-03-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Customer Reviews

Cutthroat
The plot is interesting, if overly complicated. The biggest problem is the characters, they have no personality or distinctive qualities from each other. They become faceless chess pieces on a board making it difficult to care about what happens to any of them. The plot also lacks a good pay off. By about mid-way through the novel, the plot is more or less worked out and the last quarter is a bit of a trudge to get, well, not very far. If Slade spent more time developing the characters as he does the plot, his books would improve dramatically. As it is, Cutthroat is not without appeal but the reader is left too detached from the events that take place.