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David Morrell (born April 24, 1943) is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. [1] He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. [2]
First Blood is a 1972 American action-thriller novel by David Morrell about a troubled homeless Vietnam War veteran, known only by his last name of Rambo, who wages a brutal one-man war against local and state police in Kentucky.
The Hundred-Year Christmas is a fantasy novel by David Morrell, who is best known for being the creator of John Rambo in his earlier novel First Blood. [1] The Hundred-Year Christmas was first published in 1983 by Donald M. Grant in an edition of 700 copies, which were signed and numbered.
Morrell then goes on to cite these two particular events; the Japanese tale of the Forty-seven rōnin, telling of the honor and devotion of the bodyguards of a Lord Asano, a daimyō or minor lord, even beyond his death; and the Battle of Maldon, in particular the Anglo-Saxon poem of the same name, detailing the unfailing loyalty of the ...
The Brotherhood of the Rose tells the story of Saul and Chris, two orphans from Philadelphia. They are adopted by a man named Elliot, who treats the boys like his own children and raises them to become assassins, but when a mission goes wrong for Saul, and Chris is involved in an international incident, they begin to question their lives and their missions, and start to see Eliot in a new light.
Double Image is a noir thriller from Morrell set in modern-day Los Angeles. It tells the story of a war photographer named Mitch Coltrane, who decides to give up photographing atrocities after an assignment in Bosnia nearly costs him his life.
Morrell went to 10-0 for his pro career by stopping Sena Agbeko (28-3) on a TKO at 1:43 of the second round. The largest crowd announced for a boxing card at the remodeled Armory — 5,347 ...
Author Catalog / ISBN Publisher Date Notes Wes Craven's New Nightmare: David Bergantino 0-812-55166-4/ 978-0-812-55166-2: Tor Books 1994 Third installment in the Nightmare on Elm Street series, adapted from the eighth film. The Wicker Man: Robin Hardy, Anthony Shaffer: 0307382761: Crown Publishing Group: 1978 [95]