{"product_id":"the-cutting-season-9781594390821","title":"The Cutting Season","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you like martial arts movies, you're going to love this book!\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eYMAA Publication Center has chosen author Arthur Rosenfeld's The Cutting Season to introduce a new literary fiction category: Martial Arts Fiction.  The Cutting Season transplants this ancient, hugely popular, and  authentic literary category to an American setting. Along with a  thrilling story, The Cutting Season also conveys insights into genuine martial techniques and philosophies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eDr. Xenon Pearl cuts brains for a living, and he's as good as it  gets. His direct, sometimes abrasive style is forgivable in light of his  skill with a scalpel, and tempered by his compassion for his patients  and his friends. He is a dutiful son to his widower father, a doting  grandchild to a grandfather who was once a rabbi, and he has even met  the girl of his dreams. Everything is on-track for this medical golden  boy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eThe other side of this motorcycle riding, brilliant doctor façade is a  side that Xenon (aka Zee) hides even from his father. Secretly trained  since childhood by his Chinese nanny, Wu, Tie Mei--herself a martial  warrior of shadowy lineage--Dr. Xenon Pearl is also a martial arts  expert who loves the sword as much as the scalpel. \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eNow his past is showing up to literally haunt him. His dead teacher  reappears, reminding him that he has lived many lives before…\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cul\u003e\n    I relived the foul stench of city cisterns, the rotting of  corpses in the desert, the intoxicating smell of night-blooming jasmine,  the musky odor of my own clothes after battle, the ripe and heady aroma  of a wife waiting months for my return. My fingertips bore witness to  the paper-thin delicacy of azaleas, and the smooth hands of children. My  hands recalled weapons I have no name for, spiked ropes and strange  maces with bumps and edges like some crazy fruit. I remember the  gossamer threads of an industrious spider touching my eye. I remembered  feeling holes where once I had teeth.\n  \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this life, Dr. Xenon Pearl must use his skill – to defend the  innocent, defeat the Russian mob, protect the woman who loves him, and  stay one step ahead of a smart cop; he is set to lose everything unless  he can cut just one more time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\"It's essential that you remember your previous lives,\" she said. \"Without that memory, you're doomed to repeat your lessons.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\"You are a fearsome warrior no matter what skin you wear, no  matter the shape of your eyes; it's time to give up the scalpel and pick  up your sword.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\"I'm a doctor.\" I said. \"And the way things look now, I'm a schizophrenic doctor.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\"Your visions always come true.\" She said. \"You are going to cut the man who burned his wife.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003e\"I'm telling you to cut him now!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eIn the spirit of martial arts tradition, The Cutting Season brings  the traditional Asian martial arts novel to our shores, exploring human  conflict, desires, and the search for moral certainties.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp\u003eDo no harm...  Honor your teacher...  Cut without mercy...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arthur Rosenfeld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48291917136123,"sku":"9781594390821","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781594390821.jpg?v=1772485182","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-cutting-season-9781594390821","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}