This is the third in a series of novels based on the true story of John Mung. Now head of the Black Dragon society, the eyes and ears of the Emperor, John finds that his enemies threaten not only his family, but the future of Japan.
Continues the saga begun in "The Fall of the Shogun". The story follows the experiences of John Mung, and his descendents. With the outbreak of World War II, Captain Ishikawa, Mung's great-grandson, is involved in his country's preparations for war.
Uratowany i adoptowany w wieku 14. lat przez kapitana amerykańskiego statku wielorybniczego, John Mung jest jednym z pierwszych Japończyków, który może poznać odległe lądy - od Ameryki i Hawajów po Chiny. Przyszłość wychowanego w kulturze Zachodu młodzieńca, adepta sztuki żeglarskiej i absolwenta
A murder without motive is the most chilling crime of all. And the twenty seemingly pointless murders described here are all the more horryfying because every one is true. The dissected body found still partly deep-frozen in the park, the corpse cooked through in the sauna, the murder of an elderly
