β Scribed by Laura Joh Rowland
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In the misty streets and alleys of Edo, Japan's feudal capital, a serial killer lurks. Each victim is rendered up as a severed head, nailed to a plank, offered for public display as a bundori: a war trophy in samurai military tradition. Detective Sano IchirΕ, newly promoted to the new position as the shΕgun's Most Honorable Investigator, tries valiantly to follow Bushidoβthe Way of the Warriorβas he strives to bring the killer to justice. Will his attempts be foiled by the villainous Chamberlain Yanagisawa? Or will he succeed through the help of the beautiful and mysterious Aoi, a mystic trained in the ninja arts? As it becomes obvious that the killer is one of three powerful men, Sano must reconcile his noble heritage with his duty to the shΕgun. Will trapping the murderer lead to prestige and glory for Sanoβ¦ or disgrace and forced ritual suicide?
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SUMMARY: It is early spring, 1679, and the feudal Japanese capital, Edo, is beginning to blossom. But along its peaceful, misty streets evil lurks. With one stroke, the favored vassal of the ruling family is decapitated, his head taken for a bundori -- a war trophy. Sano Ichiro, the shogun's Most Ho