Rōnin: Shining Blade

This is the second installment in a story of struggles between rōnin and followers of the Edo shōgun. It's an action-packed work of historical fictional about masterless warriors, police detectives, and undercover agents in Kyoto, Japan's old capital, during the early Edo period.

In the late summer of 1654, the streets of Kyoto are flooded with the masterless warriors known as rōnin. Unable to find work and dissatisfied with their lot, some rōnin have chosen to live as outlaws. The most not...