"For centuries, the House of Sinanju has been recognized as the center of learning for all the martial arts. From this ancestral nucleus of power have come the world's greatest assassins and killers--and also man's greatest protectors and warriors. To become a Master of Sinanju is to perfect one's mental, spiritual, and physical powers. Very few mortals possess even a fraction of the necessary skills. Mere muscle does not matter. Rarer still have been the men who dare to approach even the lowest steps of this shrine to violence and sudden death at Sinanju. The masters of Sinanju have been the Sun Source--the essence of all martial arts--since prehistory. Recent upstart fighting techniques, like Karate and Kung Fu, are nothing more than a useless splinter from the tree of Sinanju. Now, for the frist time, a Westerner, Remo Williams, must defend the House of Sinanju against his relentless arch-enemy, Nuihc. Not since the Mongol invasions has the land trembled in such anticipation. The scenario begins in New Jersey. The die is cast in a U.S. government submarine. Now Chiun and the Premier of Korea will witness the grand battle. And Remo Williams, the Destroyer, will be allowed only one blow. One split-second opportunity to punch, slash, chop, smash, or kick. The ghosts of a thousand warriors danced in the dust as the two men faced each other. And Chiun knew."--Page 4 of cover.