In the late 1940s young
Jonathan Lusk’s life is altered forever.
When his father is killed by an Arab bomb and his mother injured and
blind Jonathan finds his life turned upside down.
Tending his blind mother,
he watches her as she slowly falls into madness and eventually dies-a mere husk
of her former self.
Jonathan has no place to
go accept to live with his grandfather who lives in Japan. Once there he immerses himself in the opulent
American lifestyle only to have it wrenched away from him-replaced by an
austere Japanese way of life.
Alone, among strangers
and unprepared to live in a foreign country he soon finds himself thrust into
political and foreign intrigue with only his wits., perseverance and courage to
see him through.
Jim Mather’s The Arrow Catcher
successfully intermingles the West and East in a suspenseful story of traditions
clashing, personal discovery and the powers behind politics, business and
culture.
It is a story of one
young man’s life as he matures, makes choices (both good and bad) and learns
that the arrow once shot may be caught: the choice to live or die is ultimately
left up to an individual.