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The main characters of this fiction, thriller story are john rambo. First blood is about a vietnam veteran, rambo, who is travelling across the country alone. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. The novel first blood by david morrel may be wrongly interpreted as just an actionadventure thriller without a brain, but thats far from the truth. The author starts the story with introducing a name, rambo and having the reader build an image of this character in mind, he successfully paints the portrait partly introducing rambo, the long hair, the rough looking image, his sleeping carry sack on the road drifting wondering and then loads us. First blood by david morrell meet your next favorite book. Now in prison for his bloody oneman war against a smalltown sheriff. David morrell made his debut as a novelist in 1972 with first blood, which was adapted into the film of the same name.
He also wrote the 20072008 captain america comic book miniseries the chosen. In this sequel, rambo is in prison for his oneman war against a smalltown police chief. Rambo becomes wary of the small town sheriffs who are constantly forcing him to move on due to his appearance and lack of employment. Audiobook mp3 link in page 4 to listen or download book. First blood by david morrell in chm, djvu, rtf download e book. First blood, a first read 40 years too late in reading for many. Last night i finished reading first blood, written by david morrell. David morrell, an awardwinning canadian writer of horror fiction, was born in 1943 in kitchener, ontario, canada.