This is an easily read, fast-paced, exciting book - if you don't mind decapitation. Six people die before page 23! To avenge the deaths of his parents, Jimmu has been trained to infiltrate the castle of Lord Ankan and assassinate him. But Lord Ankan is not what he has expected and Jimmu comes to doubt his purpose. Complicating him further is his attraction to Lord Ankan's daughter, the beautiful Lady Takeko. Set in 16th century Japan when warlord fought warlord.
