"There are plots within plots, circles within circles....Lustbader fans will lap it up." ATLANTA JOURNAL & CONSTITUTION In New York City, a chain of brutal murders begins....In Washington, a plot conceived at the highest levels of American government is at work to bring the economic colossus of Japan to its knees....In Tokyo, a critical power struggle is nearing its final stages for control of the enigmatic Black Blade Society, an ostensibly political cabal whose motives may encompass far more than politicis.... From the Paperback edition.