Daughter of the Sword: A Novel of the Fated Blades, Bein Steve

Автор: Bein Steve
Название: Year of the Demon: A Novel of the Fated Blades
ISBN: 0451465202 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780451465207
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Цена: 735.00 р.
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Описание: Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro has been promoted to Japan's elite Narcotics unit--and with this promotion comes a new partner, a new case, and new danger. The underboss of a powerful yakuza crime syndicate has put a price on her head, and he'll lift the bounty only if she retrieves an ancient iron demon mask that was stolen from him in a daring raid. However, Mariko has no idea of the tumultuous past carried within the mask--or of its deadly link with the famed Inazuma blade she wields.

The secret of this mask originated hundreds of years before Mariko was born, and over time the mask's power has evolved to bend its owner toward destruction, stopping at nothing to obtain Inazuma steel. Mariko's fallen sensei knew much of the mask's hypnotic power and of its mysterious link to a murderous cult. Now Mariko must use his notes to find the mask before the cult can bring Tokyo to its knees--and before the underboss decides her time is up....

Автор: Steve, Bein
Название: Disciple of the Wind
ISBN: 0451470214 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780451470218
Издательство: Random House (USA)
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Описание: Tokyo's only female detective fights to keep her city safe in the third novel in the fantasy series that "combines the best parts of police procedurals, buddy-cop films, historical fantasy, and intrigue-laden adventure."*

After a deadly terrorist attack in Tokyo, Detective Sergeant Mariko Oshiro urges her commanding officers to arrest an insane zealot who was just released from police custody. When her pleas fall on deaf ears, she loses her temper and then her badge.

Armed with only her cunning and her famed Inazuma blade, Mariko must work outside the system to stop the terrorist. But going rogue draws the attention of the Wind--an underground syndicate that has controlled Japanese politics for centuries, using mystical relics to achieve their nefarious ends.

Now, Mariko is left with a perilous choice: join an illicit insurgency to thwart a deadly villain, or remain true to the law. Either way, she cannot escape her sword's curse. As sure as the blade will bring her to victory, it also promises to destroy her...