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The Diamond Chariot

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27th September 2012

Price: £9.99

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Selected: Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780753828199

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A stunning and epic finale to the series, pitting Fandorin against both Ninjas and terrorists on the Trans-Siberian Express!

The first of the interlinked plotlines is set in Russia during the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Fandorin is charged with protecting the Trans-Siberian Railway from Japanese sabotage in a pacy adventure filled with double agents and ticking bombs.

Then we travel back to the Japan of the late 1870s. This is the story of Fandorin’s arrival and life in Yokohama, his first meeting with Masa and the martial arts education that came in so handy later. He investigates the death of a Russian ship-captain, fights for a woman, exposes double-agents in the Japanese police, fights against, and then with the ninjas, and becomes embroiled in a shocking finale that interweaves the two stories and ties up the series as a whole.

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Reviews

The Times
Boris Akunin shows how it should be done ... an absurdly imaginative story, surreal and comic ... irresistible
Financial Times
Ingeniously plotted, racily written and wryly observed
The Times
Boris Akunin shows how it should be done ... an absurdly imaginative story, surreal and comic ... irresistible
Guardian
The most playful, ingenious historical thriller series in modern publishing
Guardian
The most playful, ingenious historical thriller series in modern publishing
THE DAILY EXPRESS
As past and present converge the finale is unforgettable.
Time Out
A witty, rip-roaring thrill-fest