#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader returns to the Shadow Warrior series for a new heart-stopping adventure featuring the legendary modern-day ninja Nicholas Linnear.

This was to be one of the greatest nights of Nicholas Linnear''s life: a crowning achievement. After taking over his family''s company and quadrupling its size, he has gambled it all on a liquid natural gas trade with the Chinese, a deal worth untold billions.

Is that why he just woke up in a pinewood coffin?

Drugged to the brink of death, Linnear reemerges in a desperate attempt to save his business and find the people who tried to bury him alive. The ninja is as deadly as ever, and his blade is just as sharp.

''The master of the smart thriller'' Nelson DeMille

''Lustbader is at the top of his game'' Publishers Weekly

#1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Van Lustbader returns to the Shadow Warrior series for a new heart-stopping adventure featuring the legendary modern-day ninja Nicholas Linnear.

This was to be one of the greatest nights of Nicholas Linnear''s life: a crowning achievement. After taking over his family''s company and quadrupling its size, he has gambled it all on a liquid natural gas trade with the Chinese, a deal worth untold billions.

Is that why he just woke up in a pinewood coffin?

Drugged to the brink of death, Linnear reemerges in a desperate attempt to save his business and find the people who tried to bury him alive. The ninja is as deadly as ever, and his blade is just as sharp.

''The master of the smart thriller'' Nelson DeMille

''Lustbader is at the top of his game'' Publishers Weekly