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One of Trevanian's many novels, and a spiritual successor to The Eiger Sanction. Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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One of Trevanian's many novels, and a spiritual successor to The Eiger Sanction.''Literature/TheEigerSanction''. Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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* AuthorTract: Just like ''Literature/TheEigerSanction'' before, Trevanian's fondness for criticizing society reappears here: from sociology to various drivers compensating for something to Americanism. It is done with enough humor that it does not come off as a rant.
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* AuthorTract: Just like ''Literature/TheEigerSanction'' before, Trevanian's fondness for criticizing society reappears here: from sociology to various drivers compensating for something to Americanism. It is done with enough dry humor that it does not come off as a rant.
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!!This novel contains the following tropes:
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Nicholai Hel is the most deadly assassin in the world. Half German, half Russian, bought up by a Japanese general; mystic, philosopher, master of the senses, a man of Shibumi. When Hannah Stern escapes as the only survivor from a fake 'Black September' raid staged by the CIA she runs to Hel for help since her uncle saved Hel's life many years ago. Diamond is the man who has to find them, with the help of Fat Boy, controlled, like everyone else - the politicians, the military, and the CIA - by the sinister organization known as the Mother Company.
Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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Nicholai Hel is the most deadly assassin in the world. Half German, half Russian, bought up by a Japanese general; mystic, philosopher, master of the senses, a man of Shibumi. When Hannah Stern escapes as the only survivor from a fake 'Black September' raid staged by the CIA she runs to Hel for help since her uncle saved Hel's life many years ago. Diamond is the man who has to find them, with the help of Fat Boy, controlled, like everyone else - the politicians, the military, and the CIA - by the sinister organization known as the Mother Company. \n\n Has an {{Interquel}} by Don Winslow, titled Satori, chronicling the events between Hel's imprisonment and his rise as a professional assassin.
A Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
A Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Hana, Hel's current companion.
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* BottomlessPits: Where the final battle takes place: Haman meets his end on one after Hel taunts him to try and escape.
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* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Almost happens, but then Hel acquires a Basque book and starts learning it from scratch. It is also around this time that his "proximity sense" awakens.
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* KiManipulation: The sequel/prequel Satori details that Hel's fighting style uses ki.
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* ItsPersonal: Diamond's motive for making Hel's life miserable -- the US Intelligence officer who disfigured Hel's face was Diamond's brother.
* KiManipulation: Thesequel/prequel interquel Satori details that Hel's fighting style uses ki.
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* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The people responsible for Hel's torture meet disturbing ends in this manner.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Nicholai Hel is 50 years olds, but is described as looking like he's in his 30s
* ProfessionalKiller: Nicholai Hel is an assassin.
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* OccidentalOtaku: Thanks to his upbringing in China and Japan, Hel's demeanor is more Oriental than Occidental, despite his Russian ancestry.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Nicholai Hel is 50 yearsolds, old, but is described as looking like he's in his 30s
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* ProfessionalKiller:Nicholai Hel is a professional assassin with an assassin.extremely diverse body count.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Nicholai Hel is 50 years
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* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Hannah gets gunned down by Mother Company operatives when she leaves the bunker to gather flowers.]]
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nicholai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s, it's probably not as strange for him.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nicholai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability ability, but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s, it's probably not as strange for him.him.
* ColorCodedEyes: Hel has stark bottle-green eyes that he often covers up with contact lenses when he's on the job.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Hel's fighting style allows him to use nearly anything as a lethal weapon.
* KiManipulation: The sequel/prequel Satori details that Hel's fighting style uses ki.
* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Thanks to Hel's fighting style, he takes out several terrorists while dressed as a bumbling flight attendant using several mundane items while the plane is in the air.
* ColorCodedEyes: Hel has stark bottle-green eyes that he often covers up with contact lenses when he's on the job.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Hel's fighting style allows him to use nearly anything as a lethal weapon.
* KiManipulation: The sequel/prequel Satori details that Hel's fighting style uses ki.
* LockingMacGyverInTheStoreCupboard: Thanks to Hel's fighting style, he takes out several terrorists while dressed as a bumbling flight attendant using several mundane items while the plane is in the air.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nicholai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower CharlesAtlasSuperpowers]], it's probably not as strange for him.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nicholai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower CharlesAtlasSuperpowers]], {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}s, it's probably not as strange for him.
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* SoleSurvivor: Hannah Stern is the only survivor of a raid instigated by the Mother Company.
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* SoleSurvivor: Hannah Stern is the only survivor of a raid instigated by the Mother Company.Company.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Nikolai Hel is an assassin.
* SexGod: Nicholai Hel and his mistress are level 4 sexual adepts. The main character's favorite variant is where they sit/kneel at opposite walls of an empty room and try to make the other person orgasm first through sheer concentration. He later abandons it because of the lack of affection involved.
* SexGod: Nicholai Hel and his mistress are level 4 sexual adepts. The main character's favorite variant is where they sit/kneel at opposite walls of an empty room and try to make the other person orgasm first through sheer concentration. He later abandons it because of the lack of affection involved.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Nikolai Nicholai Hel is an assassin.
* SexGod: Nicholai Hel and his mistress are level 4 sexual adepts.The main character's Nicholai's favorite variant is where they sit/kneel at opposite walls of an empty room and try to make the other person orgasm first through sheer concentration. He later abandons it because of the lack of affection involved.
* SexGod: Nicholai Hel and his mistress are level 4 sexual adepts.
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*SexGod: Nicholai Hel and his mistress are level 4 sexual adepts. The main character's favorite variant is where they sit/kneel at opposite walls of an empty room and try to make the other person orgasm first through sheer concentration. He later abandons it because of the lack of affection involved.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nikolai Nicholai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower CharlesAtlasSuperpowers]], it's probably not as strange for him.
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*OlderThanTheyLook: Nicholai Hel is 50 years olds, but is described as looking like he's in his 30s
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nikolai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other CharlesAtlasSuperpowers, [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower CharlesAtlasSuperpowers]], it's probably not as strange for him.
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Nicholai Hel is the most deadly assassin in the world. Half German, half Russian, bought up by a Japanese general; mystic, philosopher, master of the senses, a man of Shibumi. When Hannah Stern escapes as the only survivor from a fake 'Black September' raid staged by the CIA she runs to Hel for help since her uncle saved Hel's life many years ago. Diamond is the man who has to find them, with the help of Fat Boy, controlled, like everyone else - the politicians, the military, and the CIA - by the sinister organization known as the Mother Company.
Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nikolai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other CharlesAtlasSuperpowers, it's probably not as strange for him.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Mother Company.
* ProfessionalKiller: Nikolai Hel is an assassin.
* SoleSurvivor: Hannah Stern is the only survivor of a raid instigated by the Mother Company.
Spanning three continents and half a century, Shibumi is a bestseller of violent, erotic, mind bending power.
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* BeingWatched: Protagonist Nikolai Hel is capable of sensing when someone is watching him. It is not really telepathy and he isn't wholly sure how he gained that ability but he speculates it is a result of his senses being sharpened to cope with the lack of external stimulus after spending several years in solitary confinement. Considering he has several other CharlesAtlasSuperpowers, it's probably not as strange for him.
* NebulousEvilOrganisation: The Mother Company.
* ProfessionalKiller: Nikolai Hel is an assassin.
* SoleSurvivor: Hannah Stern is the only survivor of a raid instigated by the Mother Company.
