When Jimmu was ten years old, his father woke him in the middle of the night to explain that he had brought shame to the family. He then committed seppuku, a form of suicide.
Jimmu is left in the care of his father’s most trusted samurai swordsman, Nichiren, who explains that the charges that brought shame to his family were false. His father was set up by his enemy, Lord Ankan. Stricken by the injustice of his father’s death, Jimmu develops a deep hatred. He decided to train as a samurai warrior and vows to one day avenge his father’s death by killing Lord Ankan.
After years of training, Jimmu makes his way to the Mitsukage Castle, where Lord Ankan lives, in hopes of forming a close relationship with him. For only if he’s trusted by the family can he get close enough to kill Lord Ankan. But can he now murder the man who has ten him in and trust him as a son?
Set in sixteenth-century Japan, this action-packed novel by award-winning author Andrew Matthews is full of intrigue, suspense, and the excitement of samurai sword fighting.
