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I kept reading it so it must have held my interest but I'm not big on fight scenes in a book. I liked the Japanese cultural references but the blood and gore not so much.


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The Sixth Precept Larry Ivkovich 9780615554242 Books Reviews

Categorizing The Sixth Precept is easy. It's urban fantasy, but it isn't exactly the kind of urban fantasy which most people call urban fantasy, because it contains several different elements from ancient Japanese mysticism to time travelling.

I have to confess that I consciously try to avoid reading urban fantasy, because I've read a few bad books, which were quite horrible in almost every possible way. I've noticed that finding good urban fantasy seems to be difficult, because it often feels like several authors tend to clone the plots from other books and avoid originality as much as they can.

Fortunately The Sixth Precept was a totally different kind of a book and I found myself liking it very much. The Sixth Precept is a surprisingly original and exciting urban fantasy book. To be honest, it's an exceptionally good book.

Before I write more about this book and my thoughts about it, here's a bit of information the plot

The events in The Sixth Precept take place in ancient Japan and modern day USA. The story begins in medieval Japan. A woman named Yoshima Mitsu sends Shioko into the future in order to protect her. In the present day Lieutenant Kim Yoshima is attacked by a shadowtracker and finds Shioko. Kim finds out that she has psychic powers. Brewster dreams of being a hero and learns things from his dreams. These characters meet each other and decide to fight together against evil...

I enjoyed reading about the characters, because Larry Ivkovich writes about the lives of the characters in an interesting way. Each character has his/her own life, but each of them is drawn to towards the mysterious happenings and can't fully explain why they're so interested in the happenings. The author doesn't underline what happens to the characters, but writes convincingly about their lives and problems.

One of the best things about this book is that the bad guys aren't as black and white as they usually are in several other modern urban fantasy books. It was interesting to read how Omori's father's beatings made Omori a cruel man. This gave depth to the character and made the reader understand his motives better.

The slowly manifesting psychic powers of Kim Yoshima are handled well. The author writes about these powers fascinatingly, because Kim has to learn how to use her powers. The author also writes fantastically about Brewster's dreams and his life, because Brewster dreams of being a super hero called ArcNight and is able to learn things from his dreams.

The shadow trackers are interesting creatures, because they're intelligent and ruthlessly hunt their prey. What makes shadow trackers especially interesting is that the author writes about their feelings and their ancestry. The author tells how they have been bred for their master to do what he wants them to do. (Several other authors would've probably just written about the main characters and not about the beasts and their thoughts.)

I was impressed by the author's writing style, because he gradually added depth to the storyline and made the characters come alive with a few carefully chosen words. One of the best things about this book is that the author writes fluently about time travelling (the time travel elements are handled believably in fantasy context).

Larry Ivkovich has clearly spent a lot of time doing research for this book, because he uses Japanese names and terms. He also writes about Japanese culture and history. In my opinion, he manages to combine elements of urban way of life and ancient Japanese culture and mysticism perfectly, because reading about them is genuinely fascinating.

I think it's great that IFWG Publishing published The Sixth Precept, because this book demonstrates that small presses often publish better and more intriguing books than big publishers.

I can recommend The Sixth Precept to fantasy readers and especially to readers who love urban fantasy. The Sixth Precept is almost like a hidden treasure, which awaits to be found by urban fantasy readers. If you're interested in good modern urban fantasy, this book will be of interest to you, because the story is surprisingly complex and intriguing.
First I should apologize to Mr. Ivkovich for taking so long to read this work. Second I should say that I do not usually read this genre--I mainly read murder suspense books--I'm not accustomed to time travel and beasts like the shadow trackers that Larry writes about. Okay, now that I have that off my chest let me say that The Sixth Precept takes the reader on a unbelievably well written intriguing adventure. Mr. Ivkovich's writing is fluid and masterful. The characters are extremely well developed and the research alone involved in this story is worth 5 stars!

Let me explain without telling too much

A psychic from 16th century Japan, Yoshima Mitsu, sends her attendant, Shioko, into the future to keep her safe from a warlord, Omori Kadanamora, and his warriors known as Shadow trackers. Shioko finds herself in present day Pittsburgh, where she comes in contact with police Lieutenant Kim Yoshima who takes her in after being attacked herself by a Shadow Tracker. They are joined by Brewster who dreams of a superhero named ArcNight. Together they must take on various personas to fight the warlord and his beasts in order to fulfill prophesies or risk altering history and the world.

As I said earlier, this is an intriguing adventure that I highly recommend you join! 5 stars!

Please note I received this book from the author and was not compensated for my remarks.
I thought of The Sixth Precept as a time travel novel as much as an urban fantasy. I'm partial to the former and felt Larry Ivkovich handled the topic well. It was second only to his incredible worldbuilding. It is obvious Larry put in much research for both settings, present day Pittsburgh and Medieval Japan, considering the myriad of details he used to anchor us to these places. I also enjoyed the detective story aspect with Kim Yoshima, a nicely drawn character who is tough while maintaining her femininity. Likewise, the villains' characterization was well-thought out and their motives believable. I'm happy to see Larry is continuing with this interesting concept for an entire series. I look forward to reading more.
I found this book a unique urban fantasy, mingling feudal Japanese mythology and culture with contemporary crime drama. Of the two strands, I found the parts of the book that focused on Japanese culture and tradition the most interesting, since I knew the least about these subjects. The world depicted in these sections was gripping and well-rendered (and it had some really cool monsters, which I'm always looking for in fantasy novels). Some of the twists and turns of the time-travel aspects of the book were a bit hard for me to follow, but that's probably just me! I'd recommend this book to readers who love fantasy thrillers.
I kept reading it so it must have held my interest but I'm not big on fight scenes in a book. I liked the Japanese cultural references but the blood and gore not so much.