
Half German half Russian Hel was raised by a Japanese general & survived Hiroshima to become a mystic a master of the senses & the most deadly assassin in the world Nicholai has left his past behind him to live a life of isolation in a remote mountain fortress determined to attain a state of effortless perfection known as shibumi Then Hannah Stern arrives at his door Hannah needs protection from a sinister organization known as the Mother Company But as Hel knows all too well they are not easy to escape & now they're coming after him too The battle lines are drawn ruthless power & corruption on one side & on the othershibumi