A sword of gold opens floodgates of blood when the Black Samurai fights to rescue a sacred relic from a maze of unholy evil
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Customer Rating: Summary: Sadly, the Eighth and Final Novel in the Black Samurai Series Comment: Black Samurai: The Katana is the eighth and final book in what would become an eight volume series written in the 1970s by author Marc Olden, which tells the story of Robert Sand, an American GI on leave in Japan during the Vietnam War. While coming to the aid of an elderly Oriental man who is being harassed by a couple of American soldiers, Sand is shot in the belly and left for dead. However, his life is saved by the man whose aid he attempted to come to.
As Sand is recovering from his injuries, he becomes a student of the elderly man he attempted to save who turns out to be one of the greatest martial arts masters left in the entire world. Sand endures years of training to become one of the best of all the students. Near the end of his training, a group of mercenaries led by an insane ex-military leader invades the village that Sand is living in and slaughters all of Sand's fellow students and his master. Sand and the students make a good accounting of themselves, but alas, not enough to stop their attackers.
Sand, who had previously met the former President of the United States, William "Baron" Clarke years earlier at the behest of his master, teams up with him in order to confront and destroy powerful villains that seem to be untouchable by normal legal standards. Another very interesting character that you are introduced to is "The Baron's" number one Secret Service Agent, Frank Pines. Pines' is a very intriguing character and you get to learn a lot more about him as the series progresses. Needless to say, he and Sand don't really hit it off all that well initially.
All of these books in the series are very well written and the author deserves high praise for his efforts.
The basic plot of this eighth novel in the series is as follows:
A very valuable katana (samurai sword) has been stolen and it is up to Robert Sand to find it and get it back from a collection of nefarious characters who don't want Sand to get the sword back, and... well I'm not going to spoil it for you, you are just going to have to read it yourself to find out what happens, but take my word for it, this (along with the other books in the series) is a really good and more importantly, fun book to read for a couple of hours.
I highly recommend this book as well as the others in the series:
Black Samurai #1
Black Samurai #2: The Golden Kill
Killer warrior (Black Samurai)
Black Samurai #4 The Deadly Pearl
Black Samurai #5. The Inquisition
Black Samurai #6. The Warlock
Sword of Allah (Black Samurai #7)
Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.
