Jian by Eric Van Lustbader (1985)

Jian
by Eric Van Lustbader
Publisher: Villard Books
Copyright: 1985
Book Club Edition

With The Ninja, Black Heart, and The Miko, Eric Van Lustbader proved his immense gifts as one of the most powerful storytellers writing today. Jian, his most ambitious novel yet, again plumbs the mysterious heart of the Far East and lifts the reader into hitherto unexplored realms of exoticism, violent combat, vivid sensuality, and political intrigue.

The Jian is the Champion, the Man Who Excels. His arts are martial and philosophic, terrifyingly physical, cruelly cerebral. He is a master strategist, the ultimate manipulator who holds the fate of all China in his hands.

Who is the Jian? Is he Jake Maroc -- half-American, half-Chinese, the top Hong Kong agent for the secretive government agency the Quarry -- a man haunted by his present, careless about his future, intent on vengeance? Is is Nichirein, Jake's sworn enemy, a cold killer with a deadly secret? Or is Shi Zilin, the venerable Communist Chinese government minister, confidant to a succession of Chinese rulers? Is it Antony Beridien, head of the Washington-based Quarry, or Three Oaths Tsun, a powerful and wealthy Hong Kong businessman? There are many who wish to become the master, but only one can emerge the true Jian.

Four ancient pieces of jade hold the answer; like stones in wei qi, the Chinese game of strategy, they are the key to unlocking the grand scheme of the Jian. And the prize in this real-life game is Hong Kong, that fabulous glittering jewel, where East and West meet as nowhere else on earth. Aligned against the Jian for control of Hong Kong and, ultimately, China, are the KGB, the Communist Chinese, and the Americans -- all bent on wrestling control of all Asia for their own.

As the history of modern China unfolds, the secret origins of the Jian's design are revealed. While Jake Maroc and his childhood sweetheart, Bliss, must run for their lives, pursued by enemies and traitors seeking to destroy them, it is left to the Jian to bring together East and West, past, present, and future, fierce love and burning hate.

Jian is Eric Van Lustbader's best, most thrilling, and most satisfying book.

Condition: Used. Hardcover. Dust cover shows shelf wear, an indent crease and light discoloration. Pages may be tanning from age. Previous owner's "Library Of" stamp is on the front endpaper.

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