Lady Safflower

In a dying era of peace, a monk must save an emperor from the deadly intrigues of his court . . . and an otherworldly evil . . .

Japan, 1120: Jūrō, a novice monk, is summoned from his isolated monastery to perform an exorcism on Lady Sanuki, a disgraced attendant to the emperor and allegedly the victim of a spirit possession. However, instead of a madwoman, Jūrō will discover that not only are her spirits real, but they might be the only thing protecting the young emperor against a plot to u...