Shadow Warrior – serie

SHADOW WARRIOR. The ancient Japanese art of death is practiced by a select few. Of those young men who are chosen to train in the way of the shadow warrior, most will fail. Those who pass these trials, the Ninja, become the silent assassins, lonely guardians, and unseen watchers of legend. But rarer still are those masters of the shadow craft, the Shiro – those whose fearsome abilities are matched only by their rigid code of honour. Men like Nicholas Linnear... FLOATING CITY. An inland empire ruled by a mercenary king hidden at the heart of the Vietnamese jungle. But the shadow warrior Nicholas Linnear believes that the Floating City lies at the heart of a vast terrorist plot. And he may be the only person who can infiltrate this criminal stronghold...

SHADOW WARRIOR. The ancient Japanese art of death is practiced by a select few. Of those young men who are chosen to train in the way of the shadow warrior, most will fail. Those who pass these trials, the Ninja, become the silent assassins, lonely guardians, and unseen watchers of legend. But rarer still are those masters of the shadow craft, the Shiro – those whose fearsome abilities are matched only by their rigid code of honour. Men like Nicholas Linnear... SECOND SKIN. Two warriors bound by blood, divided by honour... As a youth, Nicholas Linnear chose the path of the Ninja, placing tradition and honour above all. Many of his blood-brothers fell by the wayside – death has claimed them, as it claims all men. But one of his brothers abandoned this path to pursue a life of greed and corruption. Trained in the way of the shadow warrior, but lacking the code that guides the true Ninja. And this man has never forgotten Linnear...

Out of the violent chaos of medieval Japan, a band of men from the mountain provinces rose to become some of the world''s most feared warriors. These men trained to perfect their art – a deadly union of martial skill and deception – to defend themselves against the warlords, samurai and bandits who sought to exploit them. Hundreds of years later their name is a legend whispered down the generations. A select few are still trained in the ancient craft. Fewer still are selected to train at the feet of the most arcane practitioners of the shadow warriors... Nicholas Linnear is one of these elect. And as the city of New York is terrorized by a ritualistic murderer, he may be the only man who can stop these killings. A ghost, an assassin, guided by honour and tradition: the Ninja.

SHADOW WARRIOR. The ancient Japanese art of death is practiced by a select few. Of those young men who are chosen to train in the way of the shadow warrior, most will fail. Those who pass these trials, the Ninja, become the silent assassins, lonely guardians, and unseen watchers of legend. But rarer still are those masters of the shadow craft, the Shiro – those whose fearsome abilities are matched only by their rigid code of honour. Men like Nicholas Linnear… THE MIKO. In ancient Japan they called them the Miko – the maidens of the shrine – women revered for their almost mystical powers who were rumoured to be the servants of the gods themselves. Traditionally the Miko were a force for good, but the woman stalking the shadow warrior Nicholas Linnear seems bent on murder and revenge...

SHADOW WARRIOR. The ancient Japanese art of death is practiced by a select few. Of those young men who are chosen to train in the way of the shadow warrior, most will fail. Those who pass these trials, the Ninja, become the silent assassins, lonely guardians, and unseen watchers of legend. But rarer still are those masters of the shadow craft, the Shiro – those whose fearsome abilities are matched only by their rigid code of honour. Men like Nicholas Linnear... WHITE NINJA. Many years ago two young men were trained by the same masters in the ancient art of the shadow warrior. One chose the path of the shiro – a life bound by honour and tradition. The other abandoned the code of the shadow warrior to follow a creed of blood and corruption. Now following a spate of murders in Tokyo, the Shiro warrior Nicholas Linnear must finally confront his blood-brother...

SHADOW WARRIOR. The ancient Japanese art of death is practiced by a select few. Of those young men who are chosen to train in the way of the shadow warrior, most will fail. Those who pass these trials, the Ninja, become the silent assassins, lonely guardians, and unseen watchers of legend. But rarer still are those masters of the shadow craft, the Shiro – those whose fearsome abilities are matched only by their rigid code of honour. Men like Nicholas Linnear... THE KAISHO. The samurai were the nobility of the warrior class. But if a samurai fell into disgrace, he became a ronin – a mercenary without state or master. From these outlaws came the bandit clans, the Yakuza. Today the world''s largest criminal syndicate. Now Nicholas Linnear, a shadow warrior bound to tradition and honour, finds himself forced by an old oath to protect the head of this vast network. The man they call the Kaisho.

#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

Nicholas Linnear, hero of New York Times bestseller The Ninja, returns in an all-new adventure of intrigue, deceit, and death. Returning to Tokyo after many years, modern-day ninja Nicholas Linnear must make a deal with the devil if he is to maintain control of his newly launched shipping concern. The exiled Russian oligarch Vladimir Orkin is the buyer Linnear needs for his liquid natural gas, but his offer is contingent on the ninja''s performance of an unusual service.Well aware of Linnear''s legendary skills in martial arts, Orkin demands that he take deadly revenge on the oligarch''s longtime enemy and avenge his beautiful daughter. As a final persuasion, he dangles information about Linnear''s past: information the ninja has never been able to uncover on his own. The lure is irresistible, but the danger may prove his undoing...''The master of the smart thriller'' Nelson DeMille ''Lustbader is at the top of his game'' Publishers Weekly