Book description
A fortress in the sky... Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally
attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head.
Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano
Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly
cooperative since his return from exile. But just as Yanagisawa's true
motives begin to emerge, Sano's estranged uncle comes to him for help:
his daughter has disappeared, and he begs Sano and his wife - who once
suffered through the kidnapping of their own son - to find her before
it is too late.
Laura Joh Rowland came to writing by accident, having first gained a
degree in microbiology and a masters in public health, and then working
as a chemist and microbiologist. She is the author of more than a dozen
acclaimed murder mysteries, particularly the Sano Ichiro series set in
feudal Japan and featuring samurai detective Sano Ichiro. The
granddaughter of Chinese and Korean immigrants, Laura Joh Rowland grew
up in Michigan and now lives in New Orleans.
