Black Blade - Softcover

Lustbade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0449221962 ISBN 13: 9780449221969

Publisher: Ballantine Books (Mm), 1993

Synopsis

An epic standalone novel by Eric Van Lustbader, author of THE NINJA.

In New York City, a chain of brutal murders begins....

In Washington, a plot conceived at the highest levels of American government is at work to bring the economic colossus of Japan to its knees....

In Tokyo, a critical power struggle is nearing its final stages for control of the enigmatic Black Blade Society, an ostensibly political cabal whose motives may encompass far more than politics...

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Review:

"There are plots within plots, circles within circles....Lustbader fans will lap it up" ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION

From the Back Cover:

In New York City a chain of inhuman murders begins...In Washington a high-level plot is hatched to bring the economic colossus of Japan to its knees...In Tokyo a deadly power struggle is under way within the shadowy organisation known as the Black Blade Society.

As Wolf Matheson, Chief of Special Homicide, begins his investigation into the chain of New York murders, he comes in contact with a mysterious force of unimaginable power. Blessed or cursed with the uncanny ability to track down killers, he is plunged into a terrifying spiral of betrayal, lust and evil.

Then Wolf meets Chika, the beautiful Japanese woman who will become either his saviour or his murderer. Together, as lovers and perhaps enemies, they join in a desperate search that will unleash mystical forces, madness and violence.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books (Mm)
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0449221962
• ISBN 13: 9780449221969
• Binding: Paperback