The Loan Samurai

About the Book

The Loan Samurai is a fast-paced business adventure laced with captivating insights on corporate morals. The novel unmasks an image cultivated by skillful public relations to reveal disturbing realities behind a giant corporation. Unbeknown to almost everyone, IntegriBank actually is permeated with corrupt executives, faulty accounting, deceit, cover-up, perverse profit motives, and massive undisclosed losses. The protagonist, Sarah Stevens, has been given the promotion of a lifetime, transferring from New York to Tokyo as President of IntegriBank´s Japanese subsidiary. As the new top executive, she is expected to drive the Company´s profits tenfold and do so within the next three years. The Wall Street veteran copes well with the staggering task -- until a chance meeting leads her on a search for the truth. Her quest pits her against the Japanese yakusa, federal authorities, and her once trusted colleagues. She races toward a conclusion in which she is confronted with the most critical decision of her life, all in the face of a world where nothing is as it seems.

About the Author

James Sidney Johnson began his career as an auditor for a “Big Four” accounting firm, serving clients in Fort Worth before transferring to its international offices in New York. Subsequently, he joined a global banking company, presently headquartered in midtown Manhattan. His most recent assignment was as Chairman and CEO of the bank’s Japanese consumer finance affiliate, based in Tokyo. The Loan Samurai is his first novel. Please watch for more books from him in the future!