The Forging of a Samurai

<p><strong>Abandoned. Unproven. Unforgiven.</strong></p><p><strong>Hinadori will become a samurai-or die trying.</strong></p><p></p><p>When Hinadori steps through the gates of the Bushido Academy a chill grips his spine-part fear part exhilaration.</p><p></p><p>The weight of countless warriors before him lingers in the air their blood and sweat woven into the very stone beneath his feet.</p><p></p><p>One truth is clear: only the strong survive. Only the worthy live.</p><p></p><p>He was cast aside as a child a name without a family a soul without a purpose. But the Bushido Academy does not shelter the lost. It forges warriors-and destroys the weak.</p><p></p><p>The trials are brutal.</p><p><strong>The Crucible of Unity</strong> where trust is a blade that cuts both ways.</p><p><strong>The Forge of Adversity</strong> where pain is the only teacher.</p><p>His rivals want him broken.</p><p></p><p>The masters see only weakness.</p><p></p><p>Every failure reminds him he was never meant to belong. Every victory feels stolen.</p><p></p><p>Hesitation is a death sentence and fate won't wait for the weak. If he falters he'll be cast aside-forgotten broken or worse. Dishonored.</p><p></p><p><strong>Will Hinadori etch his name into eternity or will the ghosts of his past drag him down-silencing his blade before it ever tastes blood?</strong></p>