Book description
Taro is at a crossroads: He has vanquished Lord Oda for good, but
with no land and no title, he has no hope of marrying Hana, the
daughter of a daimyo. So when Taro receives news of a murderous dragon
and the large reward for killing it, he and his friends find
themselves on a dangerous quest to slay the beast. Their mission has
the potential to save the people of Japan - but failure will result in
the deaths of thousands. And dragons are not the only monsters they
will encounter: The dead, led by the odious Kenji Kira, have begun to
rise, and they have Taro in their sights. In this heart-stopping
conclusion to the Blood Ninja trilogy, the future of all feudal Japan
is in danger, and everything Taro holds dear will be threatened. But
it is the betrayal of flesh and blood - his own flesh and blood - that
may be his ultimate undoing.
Nick Lake is an editorial director at HarperCollins Children's
Books. He received his degree in English from Oxford University. Blood
Ninja was inspired by his interest in the Far East, and by the fact
that he is secretly a vampire ninja himself. Nick lives with his wife
in Oxfordshire.
