A busy week and a slower reading book, but its done. Made me think of an old Nick Carter pulp but much! more fleshed out in the story line. Nicholas Linnear is a business man, son of a military officer who was deeply involved in the recovery of Japan after WWII. Nicholas is deeply in to martial arts and even more mysterious oriental mental practices which give him extraordinary powers. The story itself unfolds on 2 main fronts with Nicholas in Japan and Viet Nam his friend ex detective Lew Coaker (who has an artificial had of deadly abilities) in The US. They along with Japanese government officials, Yakuza gangsters, an ex us soldier in Viet Nam who has grabbed hold of the drug trade, a powerful US senator as will as Mafia heads and other mysterious characters keep the reader bouncing around from one local to the other. Interesting but at times tedious reading.ISBN - 0-671-86808-X, Suspense, Pages - 404, Print Size - R, Rating - 3.5 All books reviewed are from the library or purchased by the reviewer.
