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Eric Lustbader is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fiction's most beloved and enduring heroes.

In 2004, Mr. Lustbader was chosen by the estate of the late Robert Ludlum to continue the Jason Bourne novels. The first, The Bourne Legacy, was published in 2005. It garnered rave reviews and was an instant international bestseller. He is currently at work on the second Bourne novel, to be published in 2007. He is also the author of two successful and highly regarded series of fantasy novels, The Sunset Warrior Cycle and The Pearl Saga.

He and his wife Victoria have been residents of the South Fork of Long Island for more than fifteen years.

The suspense master behind Robert Ludlum’s™ Jason Bourne thrillers, Eric Van Lustbader brings a riveting epic adventure to an explosive conclusion, as Nicholas Linnear—the Ninja—takes on his most formidable enemy.

After the apocalyptic destruction of Floating City, Linnear’s sworn nemesis has fled the ruined Vietnamese blood empire to remount the assault that will solidify his ultimate power and destroy the Ninja. Mick Leonforte, an international corporate power broker and criminal czar, is preparing for a final confrontation on the battleground where business and warfare become one. With the help of seasoned NYPD detective Lew Croaker and the dazzlingly cunning Vesper Arkham, Linnear pursues his prey—placing Koei, the woman he loves above all else, in the vengeful path of Kshira—the terrible force that even the master who trained him in the mysteries of psychic warfare was powerless to escape.

Publishers Weekly

The sixth novel in Lustbader's Nicholas Linnear series, in which technology and big business become battlegrounds for Japanese and American mafias. (Mar.)