He takes a job for the billionaire industrialist, Raphael Tomkin, who happens to be his future father-in-law. Unfortunately, Tomkin is the one who apparently ordered the murder of his friend. And Linnear is planning to befriend his target during a trip to Tokyo.
Despite murky plotting and at times tedious chunks of marrial-arts lore, The Ninja (1980) was a bestseller - apparently on the basis of sex and gore, along with the general drift towards Oriental exotica.This sequel, is Eric Van Lustbader's attempt at portraying his hero, a half-Japanese businessman as a man out for revenge against his future father-in-law/boss. Even his wife-to-be, Justine hates her dad, after Tomkin’s villainous doings in The Ninja.
Linnear finds himself being pursued by a miko - a female assassin who's part ninja and part sorceress, and whose beauty is matched only by her skill in combat. And this miko is Sato’s seductive wife Akiko.
Tomkin then dies of serious illness and Linnear takes over as head of the conglomerate. He soon finds himself becoming the target of an international conspiracy.So it's up to Linnear to figure out what's going on, with help from some CIA guys who inform him that the Soviets are determined to prevent Sato Petrochemicals from going ahead with the monumental industrial or resource projects.
And Akiko may therefore be not only a cultish sorceress but also a KGB agent. Can Linnear summon up enough powers to combat all these evil forces? Well, he'll need some brush-up lessons from his sensei. Eventually, he'll survive kidnap and torture and earthquake, winding up in a climatic showdown with a KGB sumurai sensei.This is a fast paced and fascinating thriller that offers an intricately designed puzzle that will keep the readers glued to the pages.