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Series · 9 books · 1985-2005

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#1

The Man Who Never Missed

1985

Once a ruthless soldier, Emile Khadaji has disappeared from the Confederation-with a secret plan to destroy it all in the name of freedom.
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#2

Matadora

1986

On some worlds, the name of Khadaji is a prayer for resistance fighters... Khadaji... master warrior, martyr, legend. The one-man resistance to the Confed on Greaves. Known as "The Man Who Never Missed," he only let himself be taken when he'd done what he'd set out to do. With his death, Khadaji became the inspiration and idol of students of martial arts everywhere. Matador Villa... the training center for the best fighters in the galaxy, disciples of the great Khadaji. A rigorous program of political tactics and psychological warfare, physical discipline and martial force. A mysterious school on the planet Renault... its ultimate motives unknown. Dirisha Zuri... a dangerous drifter, a dark-skinned beauty, Khadaji's colleague. A ronin, whose expertise in body control and knowledge of the fighting arts drew the attention of Matador Villa. The school wanted her talents... and the galaxy desperately needed her deadly skills. Matadora The legend of The Man Who Never Missed becomes the incredible mission of a single woman... The Matadora.
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#3

The Machiavelli Interface

1986

Prepared to annihilate the violent Galactic Confederation and Marcus Wall, the Matadors have finally emerged from seclusion to unleash their unrivaled skills in battle, destroying anything that stands in their way of making Khadaji's dream a reality. Reissue.
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#4

The Omega Cage

1988

Sentenced for a crime he didn't commit, Dain Maro has been incarcerated in the Omega Cage—a prison located on an isolated planet and housing the scum of the galaxy. Escape was supposed to be impossible, but the Omega Cage has never had to contain the likes of Dain Maro before.
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#5

The 97th Step

1989

One man. Three lives. A martial arts classic from the New York Times bestselling author. The story of Emile Khadaji's mentor, who lived a life of desolation and thievery before training as a warrior by the Siblings of the Shroud-learning lethal skills that would some day forge a legend and conquer an empire
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#6

The Albino Knife

1991

IT TAKES MORE THAN DEATH TO KILL AN EVIL MAN Her father is a hero, a legend, the man who changed the history of the galaxy. The Man Who Never Missed—a man she never met. The Confederation defeated, Emile Khadaji disappeared, and now she must find him. Her mother is a pawn in a dead man's game, bait in a trap to lure her father out of hiding. Marcus Jefferson Wall died on the day the revolution was won, but technology has given him a terrifying new way for the hand of vengeance to stretch beyond the grave. She is the Matador's secret weapon, an Albino Exotic bred for her sensuous beauty—but trained in the deadly arts. She is ... THE ALBINO KNIFE
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#7

Black Steel

1992

She is a sensei and he is a Matador, worthy of her four-hundred-year-old blade. Their only hope for survival and vengeance against their hidden, well-protected enemy lies in the strength of black steel...
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#8

Brother Death

1992

The ruling elite summons Bork, strongman of the Matadors, to save them from a secret brotherhood armed with the powers of an alien civilization.
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#9

The Musashi Flex

2005

Three people—Lazlo, a battle-scarred extreme martial arts warrior; Cayne, an ambitious journalist who will stop at nothing to get a story; and Ellis, a billionaire who longs for something money cannot buy—will have their fates decided in the brutal arena of Musashi Flex. Original.

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