title: Black Blade (novel)
text: # Black Blade (novel)
  
  Black Blade is a thriller novel written by Eric Van Lustbader. It was published in 1992.
  
  ## Plot summary
  
  In New York City, a series of murders begin. In Washington, a plot conceived at the highest levels of American government is at work to bring the nation of Japan to its knees. In Tokyo, a power struggle is nearing its final stages for control of the Black Blade Society, an ostensibly political cabal whose motives may encompass far more than politics.
  
  ## Editions
  
  Black Blade: A Novel (paperback), Fawcett Crest Books, ISBN 0-449-22287-X
  
  