Recon opens as AJ, the hero, is practicing martial arts alone in his dojo. Another man, Riko, arrives at AJ's dojo intent on shooting him. The novel jumps back in time to recap why the shooting took place. A gang of drug dealers kidnap a chemist and his daughter. The police are called, but the two detectives given the case are dirty cops who have been protecting the drug dealers for kickbacks. Riko was the drug lord, but the two detectives made sure he went to prison so that a new dealer, Crawford, can take over the city. However, Crawford has other ideas than paying two dirty cops. After...

This action adventure Maori warrior period piece begins in 1950s New Zealand as mourners are arriving at a Marae (meeting place) for a funeral. When a young boy shows no respect for the deceased, his great-grandmother, an elder sits him and his two companions down to tell them the story of Aroha and Arapeta, the daughter of a chief and the warrior she loved. The story shifts back to the 1880s, as the old orator tells them how Aroha is wrongfully taken when another chief's son is injured, and how Arapeta must go against his chief and century-old customs to get her back. On his travels to find...