The Sunset Warrior [Import] [Paperback]

Eric Van Lustbader (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Star Books; New Ed edition (1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0352312858
• ISBN-13: 978-0352312853
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

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.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book, April 11, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Sunset Warrior (The Sunset Warrior Cycle, Book 1) (Mass Market Paperback)

Lustbader takes his readers on a disturbing ride through the hellish nightmare of a dieing civilization where lies, deception, and violence are the only true virtues. One man must decide to follow a path forced upon him or look for the truth of a past and a future that might not exist. Lustbader is great at developing a dark forbidding world were nothing is as it seems. The characters are complex and mysterious with overtones of a society were duty is place above all else. This book is exciting, violet, sensual, and disturbing. Together with the Sunset Warrior Cycle it is one of the best books I have read.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Post-Apocalyptic Samurai Romp, September 6, 2003

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Pavla V. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Sunset Warrior (Paperback)

Eric Van Lustbader turns samurai fiction on its ear in this SF-tinged sword and sorcery tale. We follow the adventures of Ronin, a gifted, self-conflicted warrior, trapped in a decaying underground community that has been cut off from the rest of the world. With advanced technology increasingly falling into disrepair, conflicts in the Freehold are settled by swordplay, which makes dueling experts like Ronin valuable to the powers that be. The Sunset Warrior is an entertaining mix of political intrigue, love, loss, betrayal and vividly described battle scenes. It's a bit uneven in places, and Ronin is not as sympathetic a character as some readers might like, but these minor complaints aside, this is a fun, fast, exciting read, highly recommended to fans of escapist fiction.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Original Fantasy, July 22, 2005

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Scott Masterton (Blaine, MN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Sunset Warrior (Paperback)

Eric Van Lustbader writes a great fantasy novel!

The premise of "the Sunset Warrior" (and the trilogy in general) is based on the idea that some great ecological disaster has taken place. People have been driven underground, but so long ago that those that are left have lost the history and reason why they have left the face of the planet. The technology that has supported the peoples of the "freehold" is beginning to shut down and the people have split into a feudal, caste system similar to 16th century Japan. There are none left that completely understand how their technology works (not far from where we are today).

Enter Ronin, a highly skilled warrior and free thinker and he begins to ask questions.

This novel is so very human: it questions the mores and attitudes that most of us just accept as reality. It is about the sacrifice that each of us must make in order to "fit in" and in contrast, the sacrifices that we make to be genuinely ourselves. "Sunset Warrior" is a wonderful metaphor for questioning the "machine" that we all live in today.

An orginal fantasy that is definitely worth reading.