The Fifth Profession

David Morrell

Dec 2008 · Sold by Grand Central Publishing

About this ebook

From the bestselling author of First Blood comes a spectacular thriller, in which a former Navy SEAL and a Japanese samurai master are bound together in a terrifying past that never happened.

Ratings and reviews

A good book to pass time. Morrell didn't shy away from details and imagery. Story has some holes and dead spots, but still a good read. Great for the airport.

A great read that keeps you guessing... "Fraternity of the Stone" is still my favorite Morrell book but I do highly recommend this title... You'll not be disappointed.

The fifth profession was a terrific book, and I'm a big David Morrell fan. He has some of the greatest books I've ever read.

About the author

David Morrell, an award-winning Canadian writer of horror fiction, was born in 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He was educated at the University of Waterloo and earned his Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University. Morrell is best known as the creator of John Rambo, the hero of his first novel, First Blood. The novel was adapted for screen and starred Sylvester Stallone. Although Morrell was not happy with the depiction of the Rambo character in the movie, he did write several sequels to First Blood and two further scripts for the sequels to the original movie. He also wrote a number of other books including The Brotherhood of the Rose which became a best seller in 1984. David Morrell has written one scholarly work, John Barth: An Introduction, published by Pennsylvania State University in 1977 and has taught at the University of Iowa. He now lives in the United States with his wife and daughter (another child, a son, is deceased).