As I feverishly read through White Tiger at the expense of sleep and all my other chores, one thing became clear; I genuinely wanted to do nothing but read the book cover to cover. Andrew Warren crafts a love letter to the espionage genre with powerful and vivid sequences that appealed to the reader in me who wishes to unwind with a kickass story and badass characters.
Thomas Caine is on a mission in Korea that reads like the opening to a James Bond movie with a memorable action set-piece against the neon backdrop of the pulsing city. When the mission goes awry, Caine is told to lay low. But his past comes knocking with a debt he must pay, and so he heads to Japan to settle an old marker. At the same time, America is targeted for a deadly attack by a Yakuza gangster, the White Tiger, in alliance with a cabal of foreign operatives. With disinformation at the highest, Caine’s handler needs him back. But with Caine’s luck, his personal mission ultimately ties back to the greater threat, putting him in just the right place at the right time. Teaming up with some old friends, he goes up against the physically and intellectually imposing Yakuza gangster who gives Caine a run for his money.
x`There’s a lot of brilliant moments to love in this thriller as you read Thomas Caine dispatch his adversaries in hand to hand combat, through varied use of cool firearms, and with a myriad of vehicles operating with close shaves.
Andrew Warren elevates the action-packed narrative with a nuanced insight into Caine’s emotional state as he struggles to make peace with being back so close to the ones he cares about. The emotional catharsis of seeing his journey take a turn adds to the ultimate enjoyment of the thriller with all the cool twists and turns and top-tier action.
White Tiger is a tremendously awesome spy adventure through the cities of South Korea and Japan that hits all the right notes for a memorable and entertaining story worth the sacrifice of a night’s sleep.
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