The narrative operates on two parallel timelines: post-war Japan and 1980s New York City.
The following report analyzes (1980), the seminal techno-thriller by Eric Van Lustbader that launched the Nicholas Linnear series and catalyzed the "ninja craze" of the 1980s. Overview of the Novel eric_van_lustbader_ninja.doc
Flashbacks detail Nicholas’s rigorous training in ninjutsu and his rivalry with his cousin Saigō . The enmity stems from a childhood duel and a deeper family blood feud involving Nicholas’s mother. The narrative operates on two parallel timelines: post-war