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HTML: From the New York Timesâ??bestselling author of The Ninja comes the first "authentic and engrossing" thriller in the series featuring Jake Maroc (Los Angeles Times). Jake Maroc, a top agent for the secret US government agency known as the Quarry, is a martial arts expert on a quest for vengeance. Nichiren, Jake's deadliest adversary, is a cold-blooded assassin with a deadly secret. And Shi Zilin is a Communist minister, a cunning survivor of turmoil.
But only one can be the Jian: the ultimate master of strength and wisdom.
Like stones in wei qi, the Chinese game of strategy, four ancient pieces of jade determine their fate. All three men are part of a grand scheme, but as the Communist Chinese, the KGB, and the Americans maneuver for position, only the Jian will determine who controls Hong Kong, the glittering gateway to China.
From the author of the Nicholas Linnear novels and the continuing adventures of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, this thriller is "brilliant . . . Perhaps no other piece of fiction since Shogun illuminates the mind, machinations, and mores of Eastern peoples with the style and intensity of Jian" (The Miami Herald).… (more) |
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He who is prudent
and patiently waits for an enemy who is not,
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--Sun Tzu, The Art of War  There is no sin but ignorance.
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Victoria, Eugenie, and Eli, Henry and Herb and Roni, Judy and Sue and Stu
Kung Hei Fat Choy! | |
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The old man with the bent shoulders came out of the rain, furling his janomegasa--his rice-paper umbrella--as if it were a ship's sail. | |
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None ▾Book descriptions Fiction.
Suspense.
Thriller.
HTML:From the New York Timesâ??bestselling author of The Ninja comes the first "authentic and engrossing" thriller in the series featuring Jake Maroc (Los Angeles Times).
Jake Maroc, a top agent for the secret US government agency known as the Quarry, is a martial arts expert on a quest for vengeance. Nichiren, Jake's deadliest adversary, is a cold-blooded assassin with a deadly secret. And Shi Zilin is a Communist minister, a cunning survivor of turmoil.
But only one can be the Jian: the ultimate master of strength and wisdom.
Like stones in wei qi, the Chinese game of strategy, four ancient pieces of jade determine their fate. All three men are part of a grand scheme, but as the Communist Chinese, the KGB, and the Americans maneuver for position, only the Jian will determine who controls Hong Kong, the glittering gateway to China.
From the author of the Nicholas Linnear novels and the continuing adventures of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne, this thriller is "brilliant . . . Perhaps no other piece of fiction since Shogun illuminates the mind, machinations, and mores of Eastern peoples with the style and intensity of Jian" (The Miami Herald). ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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The consummate warrior. the man who excels. The supreme master of all the arts - love and combat, strength and wisdom - who holds the fate of all China in his hands. In vast arena with its vivid scenarios of war and revolution, its intricate loyalties of clan and creed, many vie for total mastery.
Jake Maroc is the top agent for the Quarry, the secretive government agency. Niciren, Jake's sworn enemy, is a cold killer with a deadly secret. Shi Zilin is a wily Communist minister, a survivor of eras in turmoil. which one of them will emerge the true Jian?
For ancient pieces of jade are the key to unlocking the grand scheme of the Jian. the prize is Hong Kong - the glittering jewel that sets the KGB, the Communist Chinese, and the Americans in deadly battle. | |
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