{"product_id":"9780008101664","title":"Jian","description":"Author: Eric Van Lustbader\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780008101664\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Oct 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 704\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of THE NINJA comes the first book in Eric Van Lustbader’s CHINA MAROC series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJian is the Champion, the Man who Excels. His arts are martial and philosophic, terrifyingly physical, cruelly cerebral. Who is he? What are his aims?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs he Jake Maroc: a man haunted by his past, threatened by his present, careless for his future – except to exact the vengeance which is his? Is he Nichiren, Jake’s deadly adversary, as skilled in the arts of survival as Maroc himself?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour pieces of jade hold the answer: like pieces in wei qi, the Chinese game of strategy, they are to be used as part of a Grand Game. Honk Kong is part of the prize – but only part.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs violence breeds violence, deception breeds chaos and the great nations of the world manoeuvre for position, one man and his secret strategy could destroy them all…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150874067102,"sku":"HPC-9780008101664","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780008101664.jpg?v=1780274052","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780008101664","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}