Rudyard Kipling is a name that I associate with The Jungle Book. I have read various renditions of that book and seen numerous movie adaptations as well. However I would be hard pressed to tell you anything else that Kipling wrote. So when I stumbled across this title I thought it was the perfect opportunity to see what else Kipling wrote about.
The story is a fairly simple one and Kipling does a good job of describing how Dick Heldar is feeling throughout the book. He is a brash young man with the world at his fingertips. He has traveled as a war correspondent and following an injury returns to England. He then crosses patches with his childhood sweetheart and instantly realizes that he is still in love with her.
She does not have the same feelings but she does want the success that he has achieved as an artist. She tells him that she won’t ever have feelings for him but wants his advice and help to become a better artist. He agrees thinking in time she will fall in love with him. The story takes a turn when she returns to France and he goes blind.
Overall the story did not have an ending I anticipated and it changes this book from a 2 star into a 3 star rating.
Paris Grimm stepped out of his Rolls Royce Black Badge Cullinan and pulled his sunglasses over his eyes. His personally customized $1,350,000 SUV, his sunglasses, and his suit matched in a perfect shade of jet black. As he stepped toward the nondescript building ahead of him his entourage of four body guards flanked him on both sides.
As they approached the building they were greeted by a single man also dressed in a black suit.
“State your business.”
“I am here to see the Master.”
“State the oath. All of you in unison.”
“Is that necessary?”
“Do you wish to see his eminence? Are you prepared to walk down the dark corridor? If so you must state the oath now or I will ask you to leave.”
Paris Grimm stared at the weasel of a man blocking his admittance and imagined him strapped to a board while his flesh was peeled from his skin. A door man for the Master had no right to issue orders to the most powerful lieutenant in the organization. Especially not today. Today Paris Grimm was going to become the Master.
Several seconds passed in silence before the weasel spoke again. “I will inform ...
