Susan Peterson's Reviews > Dukkha: The Suffering

Not many people can write both fiction and nonfiction well. Loren Christensen can. I've been reading his nonfiction for some time now, and have always found it straight-forward and informative. His new novel, Dukkha, has a similar no-nonsense feel to it. His fight scenes are hard and realistic, and so is his look at the inner world of his protagonist, a cop suffering after having to shoot someone in the line of duty. I don't normally read thrillers, but I picked this one up because of my interest in martial arts. I have to admit I lost a couple hours of sleep to it. I had that much trouble putting it down. It's a nicely done debut novel.

Susan Lynn Peterson
author of Western Herbs for Martial Artists and Contact Athletes
and Legends of the Martial Arts Masters