Dai-San (Sunset Warrier Cycle) [Mass Market Paperback]

Eric Van Lustbader (Author)

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Publication Date: November 28, 1989 | Series: Sunset Warrier Cycle

In was Kai-feng, the end of days, the time of chaos.
One by one, the four grisly abominations called the Makkon had come together, marshaling their inhuman armies to reap a bitter harvest of death. Mankind's struggle to turn back the tide of blood was doomed, for soon the hideous Makkon would summon their master, The Dolman. Truly, then, would all hope be lost.
No choice, no chance remained for humanity -- save only one. The arcane magics of the mysterious Scroll of the Ancients would have to be invoked. For only if Ronin could discover the true meaning of the Scroll's secrets would he unlock the power to face the inconceivable horror of The Dolman, in the final battle at the end of time.

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In was Kai-feng, the end of days, the time of chaos.
One by one, the four grisly abominations called the Makkon had come together, marshaling their inhuman armies to reap a bitter harvest of death. Mankind's struggle to turn back the tide of blood was doomed, for soon the hideous Makkon would summon their master, The Dolman. Truly, then, would all hope be lost.
No choice, no chance remained for humanity -- save only one. The arcane magics of the mysterious Scroll of the Ancients would have to be invoked. For only if Ronin could discover the true meaning of the Scroll's secrets would he unlock the power to face the inconceivable horror of The Dolman, in the final battle at the end of time.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Fawcett (November 28, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449216489
• ISBN-13: 978-0449216484
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,970,355 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Van Lustbader is the author of more than twenty-five best-selling novels, including The Ninja, a New York Times bestseller for 24 weeks, in which he introduced Nicholas Linnear, one of modern fictions most beloved and enduring heroes. His New York Times bestselling novel, "The Testament," was published in September, 2006 and in paperback in August, 2007.
His novels have been translated into over twenty languages; his books are best-sellers worldwide and are so popular whole sections of bookstores from Bangkok to Dublin are devoted to them. The Ninja was sold to 20th Century-Fox. It is now in pre-production.
Mr. Lustbader is a graduate of Columbia College, with a degree in Sociology. Before turning to writing full time, he enjoyed highly successful careers in the New York City public school system, where he holds licenses in both elementary and early childhood education, and in the music business. He is a second-level Reiki master.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Sad end of a great trilogy, January 29, 2012

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D. Crawford "Swordsman" (Blighty) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dai-San (Sunset Warrier Cycle) (Mass Market Paperback)

DAI-SAN completes the Sunset Warrior trilogy featuring a conflicted bladesman called Ronin. This book falls apart halfway through, once Ronin's name is changed in the narrative to The Sunset Warrior the series runs out of steam in one massive exhale that can't be resuscitated by a big drawn-out battle scene in DAI-SAN's final pages. The first half of the book follows Ronin directly after the events of the preceding volume SHALLOWS OF NIGHT and maintains the high standard established in the first two novels. The remaining 150 pages are an uphill slog.

It's evident that Lustbader wearied of the Sunset Warrior series, despite writing two sequels years later and apart. He was probably eager to get on with writing his much superior NINJA thriller. Shoddy or NO editing ruins DAI-SAN. If a line editor worked on what was likely a first draft manuscript, why does the word oblique appear 200 times in 300 pages?

If you started the series you might as well finish DAI-San at least. The trilogy is short by today's standards, all three books equal the length of a single Robert Jordan tome. I read this when it first came out and was very much surprised five years later to read a Frank Miller series with a character resembling Ronin and going under that very name. As a whole the Sunset Warrior series is good enough to have influenced other writers, too bad it didn't end as spectacularly as it started.