Cold Blood

<p><strong>A samurai destined for greatness embarks on her first mission.</strong></p><p>In ancient Japan — a land of stunning beauty and unspeakable brutality in a time when gods walked among mortals — Yamabuki a warlord's only daughter trained in sword and bow bears important dispatches to the Imperial Capital.</p><p>Veiled in the guise of an ordinary warrior not even revealing that she is female she travels not as a princess but with the common people only to find that many are not who they seem. Some want her dead. Others want her because she's a woman. She must fight for her honor her duty and her clan. Blood will be spilled before it is over.</p><p><strong>The epic saga of Yamabuki’s adventures in the years leading up to the Genpei War and beyond begins here in Book One of <em>Sword of the Taka Samurai</em>.</strong></p>