From the New York Timesโbestselling author of The Ninja comes the first โauthentic and engrossingโ thriller in the series featuring Jake Maroc (Los Angeles Times).
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Jake Maroc, a top agent for the secret US government agency known as the Quarry, is a martial arts expert on a quest for vengeance. Nichiren, Jakeโs deadliest adversary, is a cold-blooded assassin with a deadly secret. And Shi Zilin is a Communist minister, a cunning survivor of turmoil.
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But only one can be the Jian: the ultimate master of strength and wisdom.
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Like stones in wei qi, the Chinese game of strategy, four ancient pieces of jade determine their fate. All three men are part of a grand scheme, but as the Communist Chinese, the KGB, and the Americans maneuver for position, only the Jian will determine who controls Hong Kong, the glittering gateway to China.
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From the author of the Nicholas Linnear novels and the continuing adventures of Robert Ludlumโs Jason Bourne, this thriller is โbrilliant .ย .ย . Perhaps no other piece of fiction since Shogun illuminates the mind, machinations, and mores of Eastern peoples with the style and intensity of Jianโ (The Miami Herald).
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