Ah...the saga continues in THE NINJA series. After finishing THE NINJA book I was happy to locate the sequel, THE MIKO. The story surprised me and offered more insight into the mind and adventures of Nicolas Linnear. I am anxious to begin book #3: THE WHITE NINJA. Here are some out-of-context lines in this book that struck me for some reason or another. I love this ongoing story of intrigue that mixes business, martial arts, romance, and hidden messages.‘To subdue the enemy without fighting show...

Worth reading as the sequel to The Ninja, however some of the sub-plots were tedious. Questionable physiological feats by the characters also lowered the score compared to The Ninja where these skills were perhaps more believable. Valuable source of information on Asian culture however, and definitely fills many gaps in my knowledge in an enjoyable manner.

Epic to the point of being too much, and still... I can't imagine this book being any different.Numerous characters, their lives "before" and "now". You head is spinning, lines and pages pass until you connect who it even is you're reading about... But you end up with satisfying, comprehensive understanding of the characters and their reason d'etre.Stilted, unnatural narration by the computer engine (I hadn't been able to obtain this narrated by human narrator)... but I think I wouldn't be able

Good read. However, I find the style a bit cumbersome. A lot of terms and references in either Japanese or Chinese. if you want to know what they mean you have to interupt the read and do some research. I also found that in parts of the book the descriptive texts to be repetitive. Otherwise an interesting book which does teach as well as entertain.

I like this a lot ,it was a well written novel ,with a good story line.The various story line can be confusing ,but it adds intrigue into this book .Such a well rounded book with much excitement in it .I highly recommend to any who loves intrigue and the martial arts .

Read this in the mid 90's when just a horny teen - the Ninja stuff (and of course the sexy stuff) blew my hormonal juvenile mind. Haven't read this since, and I honestly don't know if I'd like it just as much but a nostalgic 5 stars for sure - for then at least.

There was a lot going on in this book-spies, ninjas, a back and forth timeline, corporate mergers, personal vendettas, explicit sex scenes, Cold War maneuverings, WWII reconstruction resentments, etc. It didn't help that this was the second in the series. I think it would have helped if I had read the first book so I didn't feel so overwhelmed by all the subplots in the subplots.

While feeling a bit dated (pay phones?), the story is nonetheless entertaining.

Too much JapaneseVan Lustbader clearly has good writing skills and this could have been a good story. However, I couldn’t get past the first half and dropped it for another book to read. The problem was way too many Japanese words. Yes - we know he has a good knowledge of Japan but it seemed every paragraph had Japanese words in it. To add to the confusion he even added Russian into the story. That was when I decided to dump the book and move on. Too bad as it really could’ve been a really good

Eric Van Lustbader (EVL) is clearly a very smart eloquent man. He paints vivid and often beautiful word pictures, and uses "like" a lot, as in the rain fell like, he threw dollars onto to the taxi drivers' seat like, the sky darkened like, her skin was like ... very descriptive but sometimes a little too much. He describes, although poetically, where it doesn't add to what you are reading, like gilding a lily (see what I did there?) His plot is convoluted. And I mean confusing. It jumps back and...

Sex and violence, violence and sex.Prime freebie. A sorcerous female ninja is stalking Nicholas Linnear. A complex novel of Japanese culture. The glossography in the back is helpful. Reading the first book is helpful , but not necessary.

I read the first book in this series years ago. I think at least fifteen years have passed. And I don't remember almost anything. Not to mention the fact that when I read the first book I was still a teenager and since then I have read many books. My taste has changed, I have grown up, I am looking for different things in my stories. Does it matter? Without a doubt.From the first book I remember only the main character and without many details. Reading this book, I began to recall certain things...

Horrible book. Read this because my name is "Miko". Just... truly.. Godawful. So many very wrong things about Japanese people and other Asians. Also in all of the other reviews there's no mention of the r*pe of a child in the book that is portrayed to be some sort of romantic bullshit??? If you liked this book you are TRASH throw yourself away

It's amazing to read this series 30 years after it was first published. The background is very interesting - Japan coming into its own and why. The people responsible for Japan's ultimately failed expansion were not prosecuted for war crimes. Most were leaders in the largest companies in the country and were needed to grow Japan back and into democratic rules so as to be a beacon and firewall against the rise of Communism in the area. The US was very anxious about China and Southeast Asia.So the...

it's a quite old book, and judging by its thickness and small fonts one may not be willing to read at all, but then again, once u've started, u'd be absorbed!! with a fluent narration, van Lustbader managed to tell us worlds apart: the ancient Eastern minds and the Western minds. each character is very strong, the plot is rationable and easily understandable for both eastern and western minds of those who read it^^-meicHan-

I read this the first time more than 30 years ago and of course it was completely fresh to me now. It's a good book for the right audience. A complex plot; interesting characters, though many are a bit cartoonish; and a lot of obscure martial arts culture. Like many books from the 80s, they seem current except for being pre-cellphone and pre-internet. Tough to remember what life was like without that technology.It is a sequel to The Ninja which one really should read first.

Excellent follow-up to The Ninja."I am an ageing lover of books and reading, but in recent years I have developed physical problems, the result being that my vision has deteriorated and I have found it difficult to hold any book long enough to be able to read it for any meaningful period. My physical condition has improved, so I am trying to 'read' this edition on my Kobo Glo HD to test the state of my vision and how well I can handle the Kobo."Unfortunately I am simply finding it too hard!!I gi...

Named my dog after this book

Excellent readingVery Oriental. Tantalising & unstoppable. Exposes the dark belly of Japan. Nicholas Linnear is a surreal character & so are his adversaries.

Fun, mysterious, full of puzzles from the ninja and new ones that will gradually be solved at the end of the story. You may be confused at first as it is filled with many unpredictable and unpredictable mysteries. nice ending I really enjoyed this book.