Black Wind is part of F.Paul Wilson's Secret History Of The World that broadly encompasses his Repairman Jack and Adversary series that tie everything all together. Set both before and during the Second World War, the book focuses on two friends, one Western, one Japanese, who fall foul of their cultural differences even though their lives are inexplicably entwined! The Black Wind of the title is a mystical force of power that has been lost to Japanese monks after centuries of no use. With the Second World War rapidly escalating out of proportion, the Japanese know that it is their last line of defence against the Allied forces and so two brothers are sent out ...  Read the complete review