{"product_id":"shibumi","title":"Shibumi","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic spy novel from the bestselling author, Trevanian, about a westerner raised in Japan who becomes one of the world's most accomplished assassins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNicholai Hel is the world's most wanted man. Born in Shanghai during the chaos of World War I, he is the son of an aristocratic Russian mother and a mysterious German father and is the protégé of a Japanese Go master. Hel survived the destruction of Hiroshima to emerge as the world's most artful lover and its most accomplished--and well-paid--assassin. Hel is a genius, a mystic, and a master of language and culture, and his secret is his determination to attain a rare kind of personal excellence, a state of effortless perfection known only as \u003ci\u003eshibumi.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now living in an isolated mountain fortress with his exquisite mistress, Hel is unwillingly drawn back into the life he'd tried to leave behind when a beautiful young stranger arrives at his door, seeking help and refuge. It soon becomes clear that Hel is being tracked by his most sinister enemy--a supermonolith of international espionage known only as the Mother Company. The battle lines are drawn: ruthless power and corruption on one side, and on the other . . . \u003ci\u003eshibumi\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1400098033\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781400098033\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Trevanian, N\/A, N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (May 2005)","offer_id":45659962048709,"sku":"9781400098033","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781400098033.jpg?v=1768916328","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/shibumi","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}