Tigers and Dragons

by Jon Henderson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842373098
• ISBN13: 9780842373098
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

An Interesting International Intrigue . . . Sorry, I Can't Think Of A Word For "Story" That Starts W

This book is ideally packaged for the advbenture market. The paperback's cover features four faces, the central and most prominent one wearing an Indiana Jones style fedora, a beautiful woman, and a couple of men who could fit the bill of the villain (one of which, bald with a drooping mustache and a scowl, has a gun). In the background is an Asian city in the mountains, three aircraft, an Asian man karate kicking an adversary with a club of some sort, and one truck in a convoy exploding on the bridge, with a body falling into the canyon. Now, let me move from the front cover to the back. The blurb is short, and excellent at getting one's attention. From the book's cover, is there anything that hints this is a Christian novel? Just the little insignia notifying you this is from Tyndale publishers. This enhances the cross-over appeal to the book. A non-Christian may see this book at a yard sale or 1/2 Price Books, read it, and be introduced to Christian thought in a non-threatening way. The book is clearly Christian, but it is not written in a way that would offend anyone but those who would love to legalize tape put on all Christians mouths so they don't see or hear anything Christian. This is not meant to say that this book is watered down Christianity; it is more like Christianity with, in the words of Mary Poppins, "A Spoonful Of Sugar." The characters of this book are well constructed and interesting. There are parts of this book that seem cliched (e.g. Jack MacIntyre, the main character, after being asked to do some espionage in the house of a friend in the government, was asked if he'd like some tea, to which he replied "Shaken, not stirred." Actually, I thought that line was funny.) Henderson (the author) had a great job of creating several tensions, and came close to writing himself into some corners: the conclusion was not the strongest. The only other comment I'll have of this book, which is true both of the artwork on the cover and the content: sometimes, I'm not sure if the book wanted to be an adventure or a romance. In some ways it is both, and maybe enough that it is too romantic for some adventure readers and too adventurous for some romance lovers. But it is well enough written to appeal to some who don't mind both (for me, it was a little too close to a romance, but that is my personal taste). This is a sequel to "Tourmaline", which I have yet to read. There are some hints of the former story in this one, but this story also stands on its own, and can be enjoyed without reading the other first. One last comment. This book also touches on Christian persecution, and how Christians should respond, whether they should aim for a political solution (even revolution) or for a quieter spiritual endurance. This theme is very well dealt with.