Book description
Warrior clans nursing ancient grudges. Western missionaries
brandishing pistols. Beautiful geishas who are deadly ninjas.
1861 - after two centuries of isolation Japan has been forced to
open its doors. Now new influences are tearing apart the old order.
Japan is as unprepared for outsiders as missionaries are for samurai
assassins, executions and honour killings. Genji's life is at risk. He
plans his escape to the Cloud of Sparrows but the road is long and
there are many places along the way for brutal samurai to attack -The
demons of the past, the treachery of the present, an uncertain future
are about to collide in the most terrifying ways.
Takashi Matsuoka was born in Japan and raised in the United States.
He lives in Honolulu, Hawaii, where he was employed at a Zen Buddhist
temple before becoming a full-time writer. Cloud of Sparrows is his
first novel.
