Book description
Emily Kane has gone missing…
…and the world’s spy agencies are determined to find her.
They think she’s been genetically modified as a human weapon. Now, she'll need all her skills to make it to tomorrow.
Her father taught her everything he knew, how to hide, how to live off…
Why read it?
1 author picked Girl Fights Back as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This is a book for Japanese martial arts lovers like me. Every fight is described in realistic detail so I can ‘see’ every fighting technique. Emily is a half-Japanese teenager whose American father is ex-military and trying to hide his family from some mysterious threat. Of course, Emily is taught a bunch of special skills in case she ever needs them, such as various martial arts and bushcraft. Unlike other books like this, I find her training feels natural. She learned martial arts at a local dojo and her days in the woods with her dad were ‘camping,’ not obvious…
From C.R.'s list on urban fantasy with Japan-focused themes.
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