By the Sword
Book 12 of Repairman Jack
Language: English
American Mystery & Suspense Fiction Crime Cults Detective Fiction Fiction - Mystery Fiction:Detective General Hard-Boiled Japan Mystery Mystery & Detective Mystery & Detective - General Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled New York (N.Y.) Private Investigators Repairman Jack (Fictitious character) Speculative Fiction Suspense Swords Thrillers
Publisher: Tor
Published: May 1, 2008
Description:
Jack is hired to find a legendary Japanese sword, a katana stolen from the Hiroshima Peace Museum and brought to New York City. To get it back, he maneuvers his rivals for possession of the sword--the members of a weird Japanese cult, a young Japanese businessman and his three Yakuza bodyguards, and Kicker Cult leader Hank Thompson--into a bloody melee from which Jack plans to waltz away with the fabled artifact.
Also in the mix is a pregnant teenager whose unborn child, loaded with abnormal DNA, will be a decisive force in the cosmic shadow war raging behind the scenes. A pawn in the game, she is hunted by both sides.
Of course, when things don't go as planned, Jack must improvise (and he hates to improvise).