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The Lost Coast by Barry Eisler is a Kindle Short story I downloaded using Kindle Unlimited (KU). The story is preceded by a warning that it is for mature audiences and contains scenes of sexual violence that might be different than what I am accustomed to. I immediately began to search my home for a tracking device. How does he know what I am accustomed to?

This short story starts out with descriptions of tradecraft. Everyone has picked up from TV that when you are on the run it is not cool to use credit cards. But what about getting a room on the second floor so you can do an emergency exit via dumpster without breaking your legs? Or the one about keeping everything you don’t need in your car? A person on the run doesn’t want to go back to a hotel and go through check-out procedures. And Larison was on the run. We readers don’t know why. The story will proceed without giving us that unnecessary information.

But Larison was lonely in his second-floor bare hotel room. It was time to cruise the town, on foot, and see what action there was to be had. The first bar was too young for him, mostly for college students, the second resembled a penitentiary, the third was more restaurant than bar, but the fourth one was just right. Goldilocks and the three bears revisited. Larison entered the bar, sized up the other clientele and settled on an innocent looking good looking guy. Luring (maybe) Seth to go with him to purchase drugs, the two exited the bar and followed a path to where two bad guys were waiting. They weren’t truly muggers although they might steal targets of opportunity; they were gay bashers and innocent Seth was the bait to the set-up.

Unfortunately, the would-be gangsters were dealing with a professional gangster and Larison began to demonstrate his professional skills. Having disposed of the immediate two problems, what should he do with Seth? Remember that warning in the first paragraph above. That is the sort of spoiler surprise. You should read the story.

This is my second Eisler story. I look forward to reading more.


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The Lost Coast A Larison Short Story eBook Barry Eisler Reviews

Just not my cup of tea. Call me a homophobe I guess.

Also, the road trip at the beginning had me completely lost. I guess there are more Westports out there than I realized. Learning something new is a good thing, but until I figured it out, it was pretty confusing.

Sure would be nice if it started Raining again. )
Garbage. Wish could give it zero stars. I have read all Eisler books and many cross the line of to deviance. That is fine with me. This, however, was just garbage. Oth8ng like a main character raping someone. There is no reason for this book.
About a character that has merit as a character and that I could find myself following, as I follow John Rain, by Eisler, and Andrew Vaachs' characters.
The sex scene (rape is a more apt description ) is however disgusting ( even more so than Richard Morgan's )

Hope we get more from Larison but without the sex.
My rating is due to the way BE crystallizes the character of Larison, making his persona even more striking, and driving a (welcome) reprocessing of his part in "The Killer Collective". That was my first Eisler book, and I eagerly look forward to beginning my fifth.
Larison has to rethink his plans after he stumbles into an unexpected encounter while evading discovery. But like always, he manages to extract some personal pleasure from his unwitting victim after he beats the crap out of the victim's gay-bashing buddies.
In this very short story, Larison is living off the grid in small town Arcata, in northern California. However, there are three locals who feel Lorison would make a great target for a twisted sport. This novella may not be for everyone as it contains explicit sexual activity. Interestingly, the author claims this is not a novel, but a short story ... and it's quite shocking.
People are complaining the book is short.
It’s .99. Yes it’s short.
People are complaining about the gay aspect. Get a life.
People are complaining about “violence”. What part of the description would lead anyone to think otherwise? Why would any Eisler reader not expect this?

Fun, short, suspenseful and vengeful read about one of Eisler’s lesser known, but dark and interesting, characters.
The Lost Coast by Barry Eisler is a Short story I downloaded using Unlimited (KU). The story is preceded by a warning that it is for mature audiences and contains scenes of sexual violence that might be different than what I am accustomed to. I immediately began to search my home for a tracking device. How does he know what I am accustomed to?

This short story starts out with descriptions of tradecraft. Everyone has picked up from TV that when you are on the run it is not cool to use credit cards. But what about getting a room on the second floor so you can do an emergency exit via dumpster without breaking your legs? Or the one about keeping everything you don’t need in your car? A person on the run doesn’t want to go back to a hotel and go through check-out procedures. And Larison was on the run. We readers don’t know why. The story will proceed without giving us that unnecessary information.

But Larison was lonely in his second-floor bare hotel room. It was time to cruise the town, on foot, and see what action there was to be had. The first bar was too young for him, mostly for college students, the second resembled a penitentiary, the third was more restaurant than bar, but the fourth one was just right. Goldilocks and the three bears revisited. Larison entered the bar, sized up the other clientele and settled on an innocent looking good looking guy. Luring (maybe) Seth to go with him to purchase drugs, the two exited the bar and followed a path to where two bad guys were waiting. They weren’t truly muggers although they might steal targets of opportunity; they were gay bashers and innocent Seth was the bait to the set-up.

Unfortunately, the would-be gangsters were dealing with a professional gangster and Larison began to demonstrate his professional skills. Having disposed of the immediate two problems, what should he do with Seth? Remember that warning in the first paragraph above. That is the sort of spoiler surprise. You should read the story.

This is my second Eisler story. I look forward to reading more.