Kung Fu Mace #1: The
Year of The Tiger by Lee Chang (Joseph Rosenberger). Mace is in California,
visiting his from Hong Kong. His uncle, Ho Wing owns a fishing boat, and the
California Mafia has been threatening him. If he doesn’t use his boat to meet
the Hercules at sea, and bring a shipment of heroin to shore, they will hurt
his family. Mace, a kung fu master is forced to deal with the Mafia. If I
hadn’t already known the author of this series was Rosenberger, he leaves a
clue with the name of one of the button men, Rosenbacker. Rosenberger is also
the author of THE DEATH MERCHANT, who kills hundreds of people per story, and
Kung Fu Mace is no different, except that instead of using guns and explosives
to kill people, he uses his deadly hands. The body count is the same, however.
I would swear Rosenbacker died at least two times in the story, but so many
bodies were piling up, it’s hard to say for sure. In truth, the writing was
terrible. The plot was weak. The fight scenes silly. What else can I say about it?
