**The *New York Times*βbestselling series in one volume** Born to a British army officer and a Chinese refugee, Nicholas Linnear grows up in Japan, where he falls in love with the nation's culture, its history, and its deadliest martial arts. In *The Ninja*, Linnear quits his job abruptly when
The Ninja
β Scribed by Eric van Lustbader
- Book ID
- 105282237
- Publisher
- Head of Zeus
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 322 KB
- Series
- Nicholas Linnear 1;Shadow Warrior
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- London
- ISBN
- 1784080373
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β¦ Synopsis
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.;Cover; Welcome Page; Dedication; Epigraph; First Ring: The Ground Book; West Bay Bridge: Summer Present; Tokyo Suburbs / Singapore / Tokyo Suburbs: Spring / Summer 1945 / Winter 1951; Second Ring: The Wind Book; New York City / West Bay Bridge: Summer Present; Tokyo Suburbs: Spring 1959-Spring 1960; Third Ring: The Water Book; New York City / West Bay Bridge: Summer Present; Tokyo Suburbs: Autumn 1963; Fourth Ring: The Fire Book; West Bay Bridge / New York City: Summer Present; Osaka / Shimonoseki / Kumamoto / Tokyo Suburbs: Winter 1963; Fifth Ring: The Ninja.
β¦ Subjects
FICTION -- Suspense
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