Serenity Province, Land of the Rising Sun, The Month of Leaves in the First Year of the Rule of Genki My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Squirrel.
That I can be a very special kind of woman. My nation has been at war for a hundred years, Serenity is under attack and the Kano family is in disgrace, but some people think that I can bring victory. I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there. My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Risuko. In the following story, for example, Kano Murasaki is a girl named Murasaki from the Kano family. NOTE: In Japan, as in most of East Asia, a person’s family name goes before the given name. Determination (Personality trait)-Fiction.
Japan-History-Period of civil wars, 1480–1603-Fiction. Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data For more information, contact the publisher design by James T. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means-electronic, mechanical, or other-without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review. He ties enough aspects of real-life feudal Japanese culture to give the perfect balance of reality in this fictional world.] The well-crafted mystery, well-honed history and world-building, and Risuko's adventurousness leave the reader wanting more.All right reserved. unputdownable tale due in no small part to his outstanding world building. Like the first novel in the author's 'Seasons of the Sword' series, Bright Eyes is imaginative, original, exceptionally well written, and highly recommended - Midwest Book Reviewĭavid Kudler crafts an enthralling. Once again David Kudler has fully succeeded as a novelist with a genuine flair for historical fiction populated by memorably crafted characters and decidedly entertaining plot twists and turns. Can Risuko figure out who would do such thing?Īnd can she keep it from happening again? Someone kills a Takeda lieutenant, staging it to look like suicide. In this thrilling sequel to Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale, Risuko must face warlords, samurai, angry cooks, a monster in the hills, the truth about her father, a spy among the kunoichi.
Two armies have descended on the Full Moon, and the war that has torn Japan apart for over a century threatens to destroy Lady Chiyome's school for young shrine maidens (and assassins). The future of Japan hangs in the balance, and it's up to a girl who likes to climb to save the day
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