JIAN A Novel Author: Eric Van Lustbader
	Book Information Publisher: Villard Books Book Type: Hardcover Rating: 1 ISBN-13: 183622 - ISBN-10: Publication Date: 1985 Pages: 499

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? Four ancient pieces of jade hold the answer. 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 on earth. 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.