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From New York Times bestselling author Eric Lustbader, the suspense mastermind behind the smash bestsellers featuring Robert Ludlum's(tm) Jason Bourne, comes a blockbuster thriller of one man's debt of honor--and his ultimate destiny. Years ago, Nicholas Linnear, a.k.a. "the Ninja," made a promise to his father: If a man named Mikio Okami ever sought his help, he would respond without question, no matter the cost. Now the time has come to fulfill his pledge. Okami is the Kaisho--the boss of show more bosses of the Yakuza, the Japanese underworld--and in his Venice headquarters, he realizes that he has been marked for death. But the identity of the assassin and the inexorable compulsion that drives him are shrouded in mysticism and madness. Honor bound to protect Okami, Linnear is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice: a descent into a chasm of knowledge so potent, of dangers so unfathomable, that even if he survives, he will emerge changed forever. show less

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‘A fast-moving thriller that combines the trademark Lustbader ingredients a twisted web of intrigue, violence, double cross and his own brand of oriental esotericism.’ The Kaisho is a brilliant excursion into adventure and romance, intrigue and sex. Providing a feast of insights into the mysteries of the oriental mind.
8/9/10 b Picked this up at a $1 sale only to discover it is #4 in a series. I hate reading a series out of order, so now I have to run down the first book, read it, and decide if I want to keep going. My inner completionist requires this rigor!
Nicholas Linnear - de Ninja - krijgt tijdens een bezoek aan zijn geliefde Japan een geheimzinnig telefoontje. Mikio Okami, een oude vriend van Nicholas Linnears vader, heeft dringend hulp nodig.

Lang geleden beloofde Nicholas zijn vader dat hij Okami onmiddellijk te hulp zou schieten als dat nodig was. Zonder vragen te stellen en ongeacht de prijs. Maar Nicholas weet niet dat Okami de legendarische Kaisho is, de machtigste man binnen de Yakuza, de Japanse onderwereld.

Ondertussen wordt in Amerika een van de meest gevreesde Maffialeiders, Dominic Goldoni, op bizarre, rituele wijze vermoord. Maar is deze moord het begin van een bloedige vendetta tussen de Goldoni's en de Leonfortes, de twee machtigste Maffiafamilies? Of is het een eerste show more aanwijzing voor de aanwezigheid van een sinister verbond; een duister genootschap waarvan de lange tentakels tot in de Maffia en de Yakuza reiken, en de inktzwarte grijparmen zich uitstrekken naar de Amerikaanse regering?

In de achterbuurten van Parijs en louche kamertjes in Washington, op de kronkelige Venetiaanse kanalen en tussen de torens van glas en staal in Tokio vecht Nicholas Linnear zijn titanenstrijd tegen een onnoemelijk kwaad. Hij daalt af in een angstaanjagende wereld van verleiding en verraad, waar doodsangst en primitieve verlangens regeren. De Ninja betreedt de wereld van... de Kaisho.
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Mikio Okami, viejo amigo de Nicolas Linnear, se ve amenazado de muerte y necesita ayuda. Años atrás, Nicolas prometió a su padre saldar la deuda de gratitud que éste mantenía con Okami, se verá envuelto en el siniestro mundo de la yakuza, la implacable mafia japonesa…

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Eric Van Lustbader was born in Greenwich Village, New York City in 1946. He received a bachelor's degree in sociology from Columbia College in 1968. While still in college, he began work in the entertainment industry by creating his own music production company that included work with such bands as Cheap Trick, Mountain, and Blue Oyster Cult. He show more is a writer of both thriller and fantasy novels. He has written several series including The Pearl Saga Series, The Sunset Warrior Cycle, The China Maroc Series and The Nicholas Linnear/Ninja Cycle Series. He is also the co-author of the Jason Bourne series, starting with book 4, with Robert Ludlum. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
The Kaisho
Original title
The Kaisho
Original publication date
1993
Dedication
For Mike
My brother-in-law, my friend, who died too soon.
He is remembered here, and always.
First words
His name was Do Duc Fujiru, but everyone who knew him in Hollywood, Florida called him Donald Truc because all the forged papers he was using identified him by this name.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Covered in another man's blood, he steeped himself in the silence of the snow, bowed his head, greeting New Year's Day with a prayer.

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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller
DDC/MDS
813.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English1900-19991945-1999
LCC
PS3562 .U752 .K35Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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