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 politics... As chief of New York's Special Homicide Task Force, Wolf Matheson possesses an uncanny ability to track down and capture murderers where all others have failed. Brought in to solve the murder of New York's best-known real-estate tycoon, Wolf soon finds himself caught in a frightening spiral of betrayal, lust, and greed, a hall of mirrors where nothing is what it seems and no one can be trusted. Wolf son of a Wind River Shoshone and a Texas Ranger, will discover that murder is the least of the crimes that have been committed: treason, espionage, and even, almost unthinkably, the quest for immortality, are all a prelude to an imminent global war...

ISBN: 0345466845