The 47th Samurai by Stephen Hunter

Author:Stephen Hunter
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
ISBN: 9780743238090
Publisher: Pocket
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Sometimes he's shy, sometimes he's not. Maybe that's all there is to it."

"No, there's more. Nothing's simple about this guy. He has brilliant sword skills. He's at the level of almost transcendent technique that some of the legendary sams achieved, like Musashi or Yagyu. His boys may not be quite so advanced, but their internal discipline is tremendous. Only once has a Shinsengumi guy been taken by the cops, and he committed hara-kiri in the station with a fork before he talked. He turned out to be a street gang kid who'd evidently been talent-spotted by Kondo, brought into the unit, trained, and disciplined. They found him soaked in his own blood with a smile on his face.

"Otherwise, they specialize in the hard to do. Enormously violent. There was a rumor some Chinese gangsters were going to mount a move against Boss Otani, and the Shinsengumi took them out in about thirty seconds in a Kyoto inn, where the group had gathered for recreational indulgence. They caught them in the lounge. The swords came out much faster than the Berettas, and they danced from man to man in seconds, cutting. Kondo himself split a Chinaman from crown to dick. Cut him in two, top to bottom. Amazing strength, but more. You have to know the art of cutting. He does. Then they left no witnesses."

"Look, Nick," said Bob, "I think Kondo has a new client. I think he took out Philip Yano's family, stole a sword of some rare value that had come Yano's way, and now he's got some plan for the sword that I can't figure out. So can you ask around, see if you can find out who Kondo's working for and what he'd need a special sword for? And why would he have to wipe out the Yanos? Why couldn't he just send a burglary team in, crack the vault, and walk out clean? Or even buy the damned thing, not that, come to think of it, Yano would have sold."

"Sure, I can ask. But I'm getting something out of this. I'm getting a scoop that'll make me the man in the tabloid game, and even get me back in the respectable rags."

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