In our real history, Oda Nobunaga-the ruthless 16th-century Japanese warlord-never launched an expedition to the New World, focusing instead on unifying Japan's warring states before his assassination in 1582. But what if he had?
In this gripping alternate history, Nobunaga's ambition propels his descendants across the ocean, landing in the New World and forging a powerful alliance with English colonists in Virginia. Samurai codes of Bushido blend with frontier independence, Shinto rituals with Christian faiths, and katana with Virginia long rifles, creating a vibrant colony under the British Crown.
By February 1775, that delicate fusion stands on the brink of destruction.
Young Daimyo Niwa Hikari, heir to a clan forever shadowed by ancestral betrayal, defies Royal Governor Lord Dunmore's explicit orders and the assassins sent to stop her. Disguised and accompanied by the deadly, enigmatic shinobi longhunter Hana Stahl, she races in secret toward the Virginia Convention-dodging Redcoat patrols, hired killers, and the crushing weight of her family's infamous "Akechi blood" while torn between duty to her lord, her people, and the natural rights bestowed by Heaven.
At the same time, Hikari's steadfast retainer Masakado Tarō joins forces with Catholic exorcist Father Liam O'Connell and Sasaki Reiko, a Christian miko from the hidden shinobi village of Shin Hara, in a desperate race to prevent disaster. The rival Sassa clan is preparing to summon an Orochi-like the legendary Yamata no Orochi-from the banks of the James River, fueled by the suffering of kidnapped maidens and corrupted kami. If the serpent rises, it could devour the colony and snuff out the spark of revolution before it can catch fire.
From shadowed wilderness ambushes and harrowing exorcisms to the electric debates of Patrick Henry's immortal cry-"Give me liberty or give me death!"-two parallel paths collide: one forged in steel and secrecy, the other in faith and forbidden ritual. In a Virginia where East meets West, honor clashes with tyranny, and ancient myth threatens to consume the fight for freedom.
A thrilling blend of revolutionary fervor, Japanese folklore, supernatural dread, and the timeless struggle between liberty and death.
Perfect for fans of The Man in the High Castle, The Last of the Mohicans, Patrick Henry's fire, and tales of samurai standing against both earthly tyrants and otherworldly horrors in the New World.
The American Revolution just gained a deadly new edge.
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