Man with No Name
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- £1.99
Publisher Description
Nanashi was born into a life of violence. Delivered from the mean streets by the Heron Clan, he mastered the way of the gun and knife and swiftly ascended through yakuza ranks to become a dreaded enforcer. His latest task? He and an entourage of expert killers are commanded to kidnap Muzaki, a retired world-renowned wrestler under protection of the rival Dragon Syndicate.
It should be business as bloody usual for Nanashi and his ruthless brothers in arms, except for the detail that Muzaki possesses a terrifying secret. A secret that will spawn a no-holds barred gang war and send Nanashi on a personal odyssey into immortal darkness.
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Barron (The Croning) demonstrates his prowess in combining disparate narrative threads into one captivating, complex tale. Nanashi, a member of the Yakuza, has deliberately shrouded his own past, resting his fate on precarious ties with the Heron clan. He and his clan brothers are called to operate a covert mission: kidnapping the famed wrestler Muzaki, who's under the protection of the Dragon clan, and using him as leverage in a dispute between the clans. When the Heron clan's plans go awry, Nanashi is plunged into a maze of deception, and all is not quite what it seems. Barron's beautiful language is intentionally murky, capturing the mysterious, and at times frightening, quality of Japan's gang underworld. Nanashi is a classic flawed lead character, with enough personality to keep the story from straying into clich d territory. Even at its short length, this thriller has plenty of exciting twists and turns.
