Second Skin (Jason Bourne #4) by Eric Van Lustbader

In this daring mixture of eastern mysticism, high technology and adrenaline-pumping suspense, Eric Lustbader has created a fabulously exciting sequence of novels beginning with The Kaisho, continuing with Floating City and culminating now in the breathtaking Second Skin, which can nonetheless be read as a single novel in its own right.

Nicholas Linnear is threatened with the destruction of his business empire and, indeed, of his very soul. His investigation into the theft of his most advanced computer technology has led him and his friend, the American policeman Lew Croaker, into a labyrinth of terrifying connections between the Mafia, the Japanese Yakuza and the Government.

While the trail leads first to Vietnam - shimmeringly evoked as a jungle of new capitalism - the search for the missing Kaisho, Mikio Okami, whom Nicholas has sworn to find, takes him back eventually to Japan. Here he must confront the legacy of his illustrious father and the suddenly rekindled memory of his first love. Croaker, meanwhile, has become deeply embroiled in his side of the investigation which draws him deep within the workings and the history of two organized crime families. With Johnny Leonforte, Croaker could lose his life at any moment. With Margarite Goldoni, he has already lost his heart.

On the one hand a superb novel of the Orient, on the other a heart stopping story of the Mafia, Second Skin takes Nicholas and Croaker on a vertiginous ride to salvation - or damnation. From Vietnam to Florida, from the immediate post-war years to the present day and just beyond, this is a tour de force of vibrant imagination, outstanding characterisations and great storytelling.

Genres: Thriller - Mystery - Action - Espionage - Suspense - Adventure - Mystery Thriller - Spy Thriller
Condition: Good
Published: 1995 by BookClub Associates
Pages: 454
CN: 4236
Weight: 830g