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Word of honor
First published 1990 · 923 pages
A tense, dread-soaked thriller where the comfortable present is shattered by the inescapable, violent secrets of a wartime past.
What it feels like
This suspenseful thriller plunges the reader into a heavy, dread-soaked atmosphere where the past refuses to stay buried. The narrative moves with a propulsive urgency, contrasting the comfortable, polished life of a successful executive with the dark, violent secrets of his military history. As the walls of press scrutiny and military justice close in, the mood grows increasingly claustrophobic, forcing a profound moral reckoning. The prose is direct and tense, perfectly calibrated to sustain the high stakes of a life unraveling under the weight of a decades-old atrocity. It is a gripping experience designed for readers who devour serious, character-driven suspense that explores the inescapable consequences of war, the fragility of honor, and the heavy toll of keeping devastating secrets.
- Mood
- suspenseful
- heavy
- dread-soaked
- Tone
- tense
- serious
- urgent
- somber
- Pace
- propulsive
- Themes
- the weight of the past · buried secrets · military honor · consequences of war · moral reckoning
- The writing
- Direct and suspenseful, prioritizing narrative tension and the psychological weight of impending exposure.
- The arc
- A steady descent from comfortable stability into a tense, high-stakes reckoning with a buried past, culminating in a desperate search for truth and absolution.
- Who it's for
- Readers who crave tense, character-driven thrillers that grapple with the long shadows of war and the fragility of a seemingly perfect life.
Content notes
- war atrocities
- military trauma
- violence
About the book
He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But sixteen years ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.There, in 1968, the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity-and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Not the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson. His family, his career, and his personal sense of honor hang in the balance. And only one woman can reveal the truth of his past-and set him free.
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