Black Blade

By Eric Van Lustbader

Book Overview

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

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449906000
• ISBN13: 9780449906002
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Fawcett
• Length: 518 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.5" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Consistancy is a good thing.

Lustbader never fails to deliver taut, spine-tingling, often erotically charged action. Black Blade will trap you so don't expect to take too long to read it.

Well done Lustbader! Another book that seriously rocks!

Wolf Matheson, a NYPD homicide detective investigates the murder of a billionnaire who dies in bizarre circumstances. Sooner rather than later, he is up against corrupt fellow officers and discovers that the body found is the tip of the iceberg. In Japan, the Black Blade Society, a kind of Yakuza-style organisation has the very latest in neural-net computers called The Hive planning their greatest operation yet. In Washington, a clandestine agency is conspiring to destroy Japan's abilities as an economic world power. Add these three elements together, throw in Wolf's love interest Chika, a Japanese girl who leads him to the Black Blade Society and helps him rediscover an ability he was taught by his Native American family in order to fight the bad guys. Like THE NINJA and all the other novels in that series, BLACK BLADE has all the necessary ingredients of a Lustbader classic - action, suspense, Oriental mysticism, sizzling sex scenes and martial arts combat scenes put well into print. Overall, a must purchase!

Love It !!

The characters are alive. The plot is complex and rich with detail. I found it to be a wonderful night time read. Eric Lustbader books get better each time you read it, you will notice details you haven't noticed before.