Samurai, Inc.
by
On a routine business flight, the honored head of an old samurai family spirals to his death in a fiery crash.... In a tranquil garden outside Atami, an important industrialist is decapitated by an executioner who slips past his foolproof security.... In an exclusive Tokyo restaurant, a computer executive eats a plate of fugu -- the blowfish delicacy that must be thoroughly cleaned of its poison -- and dies instantly.... In an affluent L.A. neighborhood, a beautiful American woman with everything to live for dies by her own hand....
The connection between these seemingly random events is of vital importance to Japan's global economic superiority. And as the deaths mount, FBI special agent Jack Graham is drawn into a bizarre investigation, suddenly pitted against a society whose national purpose is to keep Westerners outside.... Where the unseen forces of Japan's complex industrial alliance meet him at every turn.... Where a secret at the heart of Japan's financial dominance will be protected at any price. Only one thing is clear: Graham is fighting the economic war between America and Japan all by himself....
The connection between these seemingly random events is of vital importance to Japan's global economic superiority. And as the deaths mount, FBI special agent Jack Graham is drawn into a bizarre investigation, suddenly pitted against a society whose national purpose is to keep Westerners outside.... Where the unseen forces of Japan's complex industrial alliance meet him at every turn.... Where a secret at the heart of Japan's financial dominance will be protected at any price. Only one thing is clear: Graham is fighting the economic war between America and Japan all by himself....