White Ninja (1990)

Nicholas Linnear -- the Ninja -- has returned to Japan, the land of his spiritual heart. It is here, where Nicholas usually finds serenity and beauty, that he watches his life careen out of control.

Nicholas's relationship with his wife, Justine, has become increasingly distant .... His closest friend, Tanzan Nangi, must fend off the demands of Nami, Japan's powerful business coalition. And Nicholas's dazzling new computer technology is threatened by a heated political battle raging in Washington, D.C. Worst of all, Nicholas finds himself shiro ninja, white ninja. He can no longer summon the discipline that enables him to live a life of honor and truth amidst the greed and corruption.

And through it all, a perverse madman stalks the seamy streets and bureaucratic mazes of Tokyo, destroying anyone who stands in his way with deadly precision and otherworldly cunning. And the one man who can stop him, Nicholas Linnear, is shiro ninja....

"Lustbader has honed the brooding, goose-bumply sensation of sudden, violent death likely to burst out of the darkness at any moment into a unique art form."

-- Los Angeles Times

"An author of authentic and engrossing Oriental intrigue second to none."

--Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Compelling, highly charged with action, adventure ... A distinctly good time."

--Publishers Weekly