Jet Black and the Winds of Darkness

Book II of the Kuroi Clan Trilogy

By: Leza Lowitz, Shogo Oketani

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

In Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, Volume I of the Kuroi Clan trilogy, teenage ninja Jet uncovered an ancient secret in her ancestral land of Japan. In this long-awaited sequel, Jet--a beautiful half-Japanese warrior from a Navajo reservation--retreats to the remote village of Kanabe with her cousin Hiro and ninja dog Aska, but all is not well. Watched by shadowy fighters who are just as skilled and dangerous as they are, a sudden tragedy puts the young ninjas on the move again. Back in the USA, the discovery of a teenage girl wandering in the desert brings an encounter with a man holding a message from Japan's dark past. Who is the girl, and why are armed assassins intent on capturing her? It doesn’t help that Takumi, the killer with a burning passion for Jet, has forced his way into Jet's life again!

Seamlessly weaving together secrets from Japan's notorious Unit 731 with tomorrow’s world-changing technology, this fast-paced martial arts epic follows Jet and her allies from the remote mountains of Tohoku to the backstreets of Texas, and to a sinister bioweapons lab in the Mexican desert. Can the team shut down the lab before its experiments threaten the world? And can the unexpected love that blooms in the desert survive? In Jet Black and the Winds of Darkness, Lowitz and Oketani masterfully blend history, adventure, and epic ninja battles with a story of love and redemption.

The Jet Black and the Ninja Wind series is an intense, action-packed journey that will have you riveted, shurikens piercing literary panache into every twist and turn. I couldn’t put the books down once I’d started, and neither will you!
--Peter Tieryas, author of the Mecha Samurai Empire series

Writing team Leza Lowitz and Shogo Oketani have returned in style with this explosive sequel. This gripping, action-packed adventure has well-rounded characters and a basis in historical fact and cutting-edge science. Lowitz and Oketani prove once again that when it comes to portraying Japanese society and culture, they know their subject because they're living it.
--JP Catton, author of the Sword, Mirror, Jewel Trilogy