Steven Allen’s Reviews > Dai-sho > Status Update

This has been the best Marc Olden book I have read so far. I have always been fascinated by the Orient. Any book that mixes Japanese mysticism, ninjas, an 11-year old kid possessed by a vengeful evil samurai ghost, Hong Kong, and the impending Chinese take over - I am going to give it a read. This book is set in the very early '80s. There are no cell phones, computers, or electronic detritus so familiar to us today.

I've been reading SciFi for a while now so I decided for a change of pace. I occasionally enjoy a good cop story. Mix a good detective novel with Japan, Hong Kong, ninjas, samurai, and Eastern mysticism; you've got a book that grabs me. I have always been fascinated with the East ever since I read Clavell's Shogun. I have read of few of these DiPalma novels; each one has been a good read but not one that I will keep.