Abstract

The suspenseful story of a ninja girl set in historical Japan!
The new book by best-selling author of Flowing Crimson

The story is set in Amou during the Edo era (now in Gifu prefecture, Japan).The protagonist is a 17-year-old girl living in the mountains, Kon, who picks herbs as a doctor’s assistant. Although she is the daughter of a former samurai family, her parents were killed when she was young and was brought up by the doctor Son Akira. Son Akira is actually a ninja employed by the shogunate under the name ‘Grass’, and Kon was also taught ninja skills.One day, when she is downtown, Kon sees a familiar-looking samurai, who is revealed to be the man that killed her parents, Tsuda. Growing up thinking that ‘vengeance is foolish’, Kon feels anger for the first time. Will she decide to avenge her parents?

Author’s Information

Shizaka Kei worked in a computers-related company, and after that he moved to a manufacturing company for car parts, always while writing in his free time. After retirement, he has kept writing. In 2014 he won the Sanagi Award with his book ‘Flowing crimson’ (Discover 21).