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Exotic, entertaining . . . an exceptional first novel.San Francisco Chronicle

The year is 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has opened its doors to the West. And as foreign ships threaten to rain destruction on the Shoguns castle in Edo, a small group of American missionaries has arrived to spread the word of their God. They have yet to realize that their future in Japan has already been foreseen. For a young nobleman has dreamt that his life will be saved by an outsider in the New Year. . . and it is said that Lord Genji has the gift of prophecy. What happens nextwhen the handsome lord meets an appa rently reformed gunslinger and a woman in flight from her own destructive beautysets the stage for a remarkable adventure. For as this unlikely band embarks on a journey through a landscape bristling with danger, East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no oneleast of all Genjicould have imagined.

Praise for Cloud of Sparrows

The book seizes you from start to finish.The Washington Post

Adventure-filled.Entertainment Weekly

Rich . . . with an ambitious, unexpected ending that cuts deeper than a samurai sword.San Francisco Chronicle

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Exotic, entertaining . . . [an] exceptional first novel.San Francisco Chronicle

Praise for Cloud of Sparrows

The book seizes you from start to finish.The Washington Post

Adventure-filled.Entertainment Weekly

Rich . . . with an ambitious, unexpected ending that cuts deeper than a samurai sword.San Francisco Chronicle

...(*_*)9780440333975_

Enter a world of samurai and geishas, ninjas and Zen masters in this rousing tale of Shogun Japan (New York Post) from the acclaimed author of Autumn Bridge.

Triumphant . . . terrific . . . This is a riveting read, alternately playful and suspenseful.People

What happens nextwhen the handsome lord meets an apparently reformed gunslinger and a woman in flight from her own destructive beautysets the stage for a remarkable adventure. For as this unlikely band embarks on a journey through a landscape bristling with danger, East and West, flesh and spirit, past and future, collide in ways no oneleast of all Genjicould have imagined.

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Cloud of Sparrows

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