Daniel Linden

Daniel Linden is an Aikido 6th dan (Aikikai) and the author of 10 books, including On Mastering Aikido and Journey: On Mastering Ukemi. His literary novel, The Content of Character is considered a masterwork. He lives in Maine. Aikido Carumba is the sixth book in the popular Aikido Mystery...

The local newspaper called him the Aikido Killer, but he was just a tired old man who had fought back. Sure, he was an Aikido teacher, but so what? He had been unarmed and the three attackers had all carried knives. Why was he in jail for murder? Why? Parker wants to know. His old friend wasn't...

Aikido Sensei Parker, a sometimes private investigator, finds himself in Maine on a vacation with an old friend. Only, it turns out the invitation holds ulterior motives....

Aikido Au Revoir is the fifth novel of the Aikido Mystery Series with Sensei Parker. He is in France on the Cote d'Azur teaching a pair of aikido seminars. It's tough work, but someone has to do it, right? Why not Parker? He is a master of the art, after all, and although he has his own school...

Parker tries to help an old family friend and is caught up in a deadly mix of terror and kidnapping....

Parker is thinking about the rest of his life and contemplating marriage, when a dark-haired gypsy shows up at his door, insisting on learning the esoteric art of Aikido. She is an odd one, but comes in with a fist full of money and swaying hips....

Conspicuous Gallantry is the long-awaited sequel to The Content of Character. Charlie Cooper has returned from a hitch with the US Marine Corps in Afghanistan and is scarred so badly he calls himself a freak. He is incapable of dealing with his family and his wife, Annie....

Journey: On Mastering Ukemi is an allegorical tale that is meant for those individuals who have already learned the basics of ukemi - attack and the relentless heart. Yet beginners will find it fascinating as well, because Linden Sensei brings all his storytelling skills to bear upon this...

In this fourth novel, The Aikido Sensei in The Parker Mystery Series, Parker uncovers a web of intrigue, illicit sex and murder. We meet Parker's old Aikido Sensei, a man of charm, humor and gusto. But a man who has also quit teaching Aikido. In a bid to rediscover himself and spend the rest of...

Imagine discovering something so profound it could change the entire world for the better. David Posey believes he has....