Autumn Princess, Dragon Child (Tale of Shikanoko Series #2)

In the second Shikanoko tale, following Emperor of the Eight Islands, "Hearn's mythic Japan fully unfurls, expansive and engrossing" (Robin Sloan, New York Times–bestselling author).

A self-assured warrior stumbles into a game of Go that turns fatal. An ambitious lord leaves his nephew for dead and seizes his lands. A stubborn father forces his son to give up his wife to his older brother. A powerful priest meddles in the succession to the Lotus Throne. A woman of the Old People seeks five f...