Overview
Twenty years ago, they tried to kill him as a child.
Now they've found him.
And this time, they intend to finish the job.
Japan, 1850. The Shogun rules a closed nation where samurai rule by the sword, foreigners are forbidden, and old secrets are buried in blood.
For most of his life, Hashi has been one of those secrets.
Blind since childhood, he has lived hidden in the frozen northern wilderness of Ezochi with his uncle Kinzo, the aging ronin who raised him and the only family he has ever known. His only other companion? A goldfish in a glass bowl.
But when Kinzo's health begins to fail, hiding is no longer a choice. To save his uncle, Hashi must leave the mountains and walk back into the world that wants him dead.
Tetsu Ryozuji, First Samurai of the powerful Kurogane clan, has crossed into Ezochi to complete a mission that began twenty years ago. The blind child who should have died is now a man, and Tetsu has no intention of failing a second time.
Hashi's journey drags him from yakuza gambling dens and samurai battles onto the deck of an eerie black ship commanded by a swashbuckling American smuggler whose luck is running out. Along the way, he crosses paths with a fiery red-headed Russian castaway hungry for vengeance.
And somewhere in the shadows, a beautiful and deadly ninja is stalking them all.
Every ally carries a secret. Every secret carries a price.
As the past closes around Hashi, old loyalties fracture, enemies gather, and the secret Kinzo has protected for twenty years becomes impossible to hide.
Because Hashi was never just a child who escaped death.
He is the secret that had to die.
And if the truth about him is revealed, it could shake the Shogunate to its foundations.
A Calligraphy of Blood: The Way of the Samurai is Book One of an epic historical action-adventure saga set in the twilight of Edo Japan. For readers who love the sweeping world of Shōgun, relentless adventure, lightning-fast sword fights, ruthless political intrigue, dangerous women, dark humor, and the collision of East and West.
In the Calligraphy of Blood, every stroke of the brush is written in death.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798172873966
- ISBN-10: 9798172873966
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: October 2026
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.77 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
- Page Count: 372
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