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Simon Penn
Now middle-aged, and his body all but broken from years of fighting, Penn tries desperately to shed the violent impulses of his past for the promise of a budding and newfound inner peace that's aching to be embraced.
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Jenny Penn
Penn's wanderlust for fighting has left deep scars on his beloved Jenny. His abandoning her time and time again for the road and the fights has hurt her more than if he used his fists.
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CJ Keyes
With Penn as her strategist, CJ goes pro in the women's full-contact kickboxing arena. As a martial artist she's poetry in motion. But now with Penn's vicious fighting strategies, her inner demons become a ticking time bomb waiting to be unleashed.
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Matty Shea
Matty infuses CJ's world with love and support unlike she's ever experienced. But can this gentle and spiritual soul avoid being poisoned by the violence that surrounds them?
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Eddie "Killer" Kuzinski
Kuzinski and Penn were once like blood brothers devouring the ultra-violent dark side of human nature. While Penn has struggled to break free from that horrific past, Kuzinski has fed its flames, leaving everyone who's crossed his path burned beyond all recognition.
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Lou, Kuzinski's Manager
By all appearances, Lou merely lurks within Kuzinski's shadow. But it's he who offers up sacrifice after sacrifice on which his killer's reputation is built.
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Benny
A student of both Penn and CJ, Benny finds himself torn between the irony of Penn's learning-how-to-fight-so-that-they-never-have-to philosophy and CJ's unbridled need to test her fighting mettle. Tormented by schoolyard thugs, his
choice as to which path to take will influence the rest of his life.
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