Gregory Hughes Knihy

Meet the Rat: A dancing, football-playing gangster-baiting ten-year-old. When she foresaw her father’s death, she picked up her football and decided to head for New York.Meet her older brother Bob: Protector of the Rat, but more often her follower, he is determined to find their uncle in America and discover a new life for them both. On their adventures across the flatlands of Winnipeg and through the exciting streets of New York, Bob and the Rat make friends with a hilarious con man and a famous rap star, and escape numerous dangers. But is their Uncle a rich business man, or is the word on the street, that he something more sinister, true? And will they ever find him? Hughes has created a funny, warm, unique world that lives and breathes. Like I Capture the Castle, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Curious Incident, Hughes’ story and characters will resonate for many and for years to come.

Šestnáctiletý Jukio je mistr v kendó, tradičním japonském boji s mečem. Je léto a Jukio si užívá s kamarády, dvojčaty Hirošim a Miko. Jenže najednou se všechno zlomí. Dvojčata spáchají sebevraždu a ukáže se, že je k ní dohnala jakuza, japonská mafie. Jukio bere do ruky meč a začíná se mstít. Začíná krvavé léto, které otestuje jeho oddanost, odvahu i zdravý rozum. V druhém románu Gregoryho Hughese se střídá dechberoucí akce s až dojemnými momenty, které čtenáře nutí k zamyšlení, kam až člověka dovede touha po spravedlnosti. Nebo možná po pomstě, kdo ví?