Kung Fu fiction
Explore the best Kung Fu fiction books with our curated list of action-packed martial arts novels. Dive into epic tales of honor, combat, and adventure!
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Sensei
by John Donohue
In every case, the modus operandi is the same, and the only clue available is a cryptic message scrawled on the wall bearing the signature "Ronin" - the Japanese name for a masterless samurai. Connor Burke, a part-time college teacher with a passion for the martial arts, is called in to help out with the investigation by his brother, an NYPD detective. With the help of his teacher, the master warrior Yamashita Sensei, Burke begins to follow the trail of clues that stretches across time and place, ultimately confronting his own fears, his sense of honor, and the ruthless killer who calls himself "Ronin". Combining the exotic world of the Japanese martial arts with the gritty nuts-and-bolts aspects of a murder investigation, Sensei is a fast-paced, riveting thriller that explores the links between people as they struggle for mastery, identity, and a sense of belonging.
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The Ninja
by Eric Van Lustbader
"Totally absorbing...as gripping a tale of hatred and revenge as you will read...It is superb." NEWS RECORD This is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can't forget and the one he can't control and between a past he can't escape and a destiny he can't avoid. A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless saga of violence and terror elaborately designed for the most savage vengeance of all...
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Serpent's Eye
by Wade Barker
A perilous journey through the dark underworld of Hong Kong, the deadly fanaticism of Tehran streets, and the highlands of China becomes a nightmarish test of will, courage, and strength for Daremo, the Ninja Master
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Mucho Mojo
by Joe R. Lansdale
Digging up the skeletal remains of a child wrapped in pornographic magazines under his late uncle's house, Leonard vows to clear his uncle's name by investigating on his own and uncovers an evil past of dark obsession
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Stalking the Angel
by Robert Crais
Meet Elvis Cole, L.A. private eye . . . he quotes Jiminy Cricket and carries a .38. Heās a literate, wisecreacking Vietnam vet who is determined never to grow up. The blonde who walked into Coleās office was the bestlooking woman heād seen in weeks. The only thing that kept her from rating a perfect ā10ā was the briefcase on one arm and the uptight hotel magnate on the other. Bradley Warren had lost something very valuableāsomething that belonged to someone else: a rare thirteenth-century Japanese manuscript called the Hagakure. Just about all Cole knew about Japanese culture heād learned from reading Shogun, but he knew a lot about crooksāand what he didnāt know his sociopathic sidekick, Joe Pike, did. Together their search begins in L.A.ās Little Tokyo and the nest of notorious Japanese mafia, the yakuza, and leads to a white-knuckled adventure filled with madness, murder, sexual obsession, and a stunning double-whammy ending. For Elvis Cole, itās just another dayās work. Praise for Stalking the Angel āStalking the Angel is a righteous California book: intelligent, perceptive, hard, clean.āāJames Ellroy āOut on the West Coast, where private eyes thrive like avocado trees, Robert Crais has created an interesting and amusing hero in Elvis Cole.āāThe Wall Street Journal āDevotees of the rock āem, sock āem school should find [Stalking the Angel] tasty.āāThe San Diego Union
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Deal Breaker
by Harlan Coben
Softhearted sports agent Myron Bolitar must unravel a complex mystery involving blackmail and family tragedy when his client, celebrated rookie quarterback Christian Steele, receives a phone call from a supposedly-dead ex-girlfriend. Reissue.
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That which Doesn't Kill You
by Christian Thompson
Meet Chris O'Brien, private investigator; he's not your run-of-the-mill private eye. Instead he's an ex-psychiatric nurse trained in Chinese medicine, a martial arts expert with a Philosophy degree and a mean way with a kitchen cleaver. O.B. and his sidekick, the enthusiastic West Indian, Kelp take on the case of a local club manager, who has reason to believe that drugs are being dealt in his club. The stakes are raised when a dead body turns up outside the club and the police swoop in. Within days, arson and a near fatal attack land Kelp in hospital with broken bones and a maliciously induced heroin overdose. Driven by a mixture of guilt and fury, O.B. takes off on the trail of a suspect with the assistance of Kelp's sister Debra, who is out to avenge her brother's attempted murder. In the face of daunting opposition, they track their enemies to a thrilling, violent and dirty confrontation that will require all their skill and cunning just to survive. That Which Doesn't Kill You is an action-packed, witty and sharply observed debut that marks the first appearance of the wisecracking, kung fu PI, Chris O'Brien.
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Man Who Never Missed
by Steve Perry
The first title in Perry's cult-classic Matador series is now back in print. Once a ruthless soldier, Emile Khadaji has disappeared from the Galactic Confederation--with a secret plan to destroy it all in the name of freedom. Reissue.
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Invasion of the Togakura
by Jeffrey Davis
Jamie and Yoshi are late twentieth century members of the Funakoshi ninja clan who were trained by Yoshi's uncle, Tanemura Funakoshi. When the Togakura, a sinister clan with an ancient grudge, attack Jamie's high school and hold his classmates hostage in an effort to bring Tanemura and his two students into the open, Jamie and his clan sister are forced to attempt a rescue. Going along are a close group of friends, each with his own interest in the fighting arts. From Dave, whose muscle-bound frame and love of a good scuffle are overshadowed by his cheerful personality and kind heart, to Buster, whose Bible is his greatest weapon, each of their friends has a loyalty to them and each other that is stronger than the Togakura can ever fathom. This is a story of courage, friendship, and faith ....
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Ronin, The
by Jennings, W. D.
A novel based on Zen mythology, this story is told with humour and irony, in the tradition of realistic Zen mysticism. It is the tale of Ronin, a masterless 12th-century samurai knight, who slashes his way up from the gutter to a position of wealth, honour, and status.
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Tegne
by Richard La Plante
When a seductive and dangerous woman betrays him, young Tegne is left powerless just when he needs his courage the most--when the Warlord and his assassins take up arms against him. Reprint.
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Ransom
by Jay McInerney
Ransom, Jay McInerney's second novel, belongs to the distinguished tradition of novels about exile. Living in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, Christopher Ransom seeks a purity and simplicity he could not find at home, and tries to exorcise the terror he encountered earlier in his travelsāa blur of violence and death at the Khyber Pass.Ransom has managed to regain control, chiefly through the rigors of karate. Supporting himself by teaching English to eager Japanese businessmen, he finds company with impresario Miles Ryder and fellow expatriates whose headquarters is Buffalo Rome, a blues-bar that satisfies the hearty local appetite for Americana and accommodates the drifters pouring through Asia in the years immediately after the fall of Vietnam.Increasingly, Ransom and his circle are threatened, by everything they thought they had left behind, in a sequence of events whose consequences Ransom can forestall but cannot change.Jay McInerney details the pattern of adventure and disillusionment that leads Christopher Ransom toward an inevitable reckoning with his fateāin a novel of grand scale and serious implications.
