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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Ronin: Insurrection is a deep dive into struggles between ronin and followers of the Edo shogun in 1654 with crime, suspense, and political intrigue.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Ishida Kurobei, also known as Shining Blade, is a slippery outlaw who had been plaguing government officials throughout the summer of 1654. A ronin, Kurobei had been organizing an uprising of fellow masterless warriors in Kyoto, Japan's old capital. But Deputy Inspector Tanaka stopped him dead…, capturing Kurobei and locking him up in prison. Authorities can breath a sigh of relief at last. On the other side of town, however, the senior ronin Shimada Goro-formerly an advisor of Kurobei's deceased father-rallies Kurobei's ronin recruits and counsels them to continue their training. He promises to set Kurobei free and revive the plan for a ronin insurrection.Also walking the streets of Kyoto is an unassuming young woman named Aki. Even though she's a simple firewood carrier, Aki is highly curious and has learned a lot about what's been going on from her widowed mother and her teacher, a nun at the imperial convent of Enshoji.Aki is surprised to find two unsigned and disturbing notes, addressed to her and left tacked to the doorjamb of her home. The first note claims someone had murdered her father, and the second note alleges that the Zen master of the Enshoji abbess had also been slain. After racking her brain to figure out who'd left the notes, Aki concludes they were both written by Deputy Inspector Tanaka as a secret warning. Having spotted her mother meeting clandestinely with the deputy inspector, Aki deduces that he's her mother's boyfriend and that he hopes to protect her. Although Aki decides to stay quiet about the matter, she's suspicious of the deputy inspector and her mother, whose behavior is increasingly unpredictable. Meanwhile, Aki begins to question the critical attitude toward ronin expressed by her mother and her teacher. She recognizes that the masterless warriors face serious problems, and she decides to defend them as men of virtue and rectitude. Is Aki right? Are the ronin long-suffering victims of government oppression?Aki is about to learn the truth! This page-turner is an action packed tale of rogue masterless warriors, determined police, and daring spies in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This is the second installment in a story of struggles between ronin and followers of the Edo shogun. 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 s…ummer of 1654, the streets of Kyoto are flooded with the masterless warriors known as ronin. Unable to find work and dissatisfied with their lot, some ronin have chosen to live as outlaws. The most notorious of the bunch is the young and murderous Ishida Kurobei, self-styled Shining Blade. For weeks, undercover government agents led by Deputy Inspector Tanaka had been tracking Kurobei. Finally, they'd cornered him, and, in the struggle that ensued, a female agent had landed a crippling blow to the head of the ronin before collapsing herself. Tanaka had discovered the wounded Kurobei lying alongside the lifeless body of his female agent. Wasting no time, the deputy inspector had arrested the unconscious Kurobei and had delivered him in shackles to the guarded emergency clinic at Second Street Castle.The following morning, and the deputy inspector is summoned to the office of Magistrate Gomi, his boss's superior. Gomi informs him that Kurobei had regained consciousness overnight and, with outside help, had escaped. In the absence of Tanaka's immediate superior-Commissioner Wada, who is away on business-the magistrate charges Tanaka with capturing the criminal once again.Shimada Goro, a senior ronin who formerly had served Kurobei's father, now deceased, goes looking for Kurobei and finds the fugitive in the abandoned barn where ronin recruits have learning to fight. Goro attempts to dissuade Kurobei from his murderous intention to lead a ronin uprising, arguing that Kurobei's wrath serves no purpose.Meanwhile, a young firewood carrier named Aki is determined to figure out what's going on in her world. Intrepid and curious by nature, Aki has many questions. For one, she wonders why her teacher, the nun Bunkai, is so concerned about the simple task she asks Aki to perform, carrying secret letters in the bundles of kindling that she delivers around town. Bunkai has cautioned Aki, explaining that the task might put her in harm's way. When Aki tells the nun that she sympathizes with the masterless warriors, Bunkai warns Aki about the ronin, saying that they cause troubles across the realm and that the Edo shogunal government protects the people from violent warriors with no master. Aki responds, expressing sympathy for ronin who face hardships and restrictions imposed by the shogun and his Edo officials. What Aki will soon learn is that Shining Blade is quite close and her deliveries put her in danger. This is the second installment in a story with crime, adventure, spies, and masterless warriors. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Ronin: Insurrection is a deep dive into struggles between disgruntled warriors-the ronin-and followers of the Edo shogun. Grounded in actual events and famous individuals, the story has crime, suspense, and political intrigue. When a vengeful ronin, Ishida Kurobei, launches a crime spree in th…e heart of the old capital, officers respond. Kurobei is furious about the execution of his father, a samurai who'd been maligned. Vowing to rectify his family's humiliation, Kurobei enlists a crew of armed ronin to protest the hardships they face. Although Kurobei insists on the righteousness of his intentions, his rage and cruelty tell a different story. His ulterior motive is to overthrow the shogun and restore the Emperor to power.Tanaka Taisuke, a Kyoto deputy inspector, pursues Kurobei, determined to arrest him. Tanaka gathers undercover agents working for the shogunal government, and together they hunt down Kurobei. Meanwhile, a young woman named Aki undertakes her own missions. A firewood-carrier who lives alone with her widowed mother on the slopes in northeastern Kyoto, Aki has an inquisitive mind, fostered by the education she is receiving at an imperial convent. One of the nuns, Aki's teacher, asks her to hide letters in the kindling she delivers daily to imperial residences. The nun warns Aki that the letters must be kept absolutely secret, but the young woman can't help wondering what secrets the letters might contain. Ronin: Insurrection is a deep dive into struggles between ronin and followers of the Edo shogun in 1654 with crime, suspense, and political intrigue. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Ishida Kur¿bei, also known as Shining Blade, is a slippery outlaw who had been plaguing government officials throughout the summer of 1654. A r¿nin, Kur¿bei had been organizing an uprising of fellow masterless warriors in Kyoto, Japan's ol…d capital. But Deputy Inspector Tanaka stopped him dead, capturing Kur¿bei and locking him up in prison. Authorities can breath a sigh of relief at last. On the other side of town, however, the senior r¿nin Shimada Gor¿-formerly an advisor of Kur¿bei's deceased father-rallies Kur¿bei's r¿nin recruits and counsels them to continue their training. He promises to set Kur¿bei free and revive the plan for a r¿nin insurrection.Also walking the streets of Kyoto is an unassuming young woman named Aki. Even though she's a simple firewood carrier, Aki is highly curious and has learned a lot about what's been going on from her widowed mother and her teacher, a nun at the imperial convent of Ensh¿ji.Aki is surprised to find two unsigned and disturbing notes, addressed to her and left tacked to the doorjamb of her home. The first note claims someone had murdered her father, and the second note alleges that the Zen master of the Ensh¿ji abbess had also been slain. After racking her brain to figure out who'd left the notes, Aki concludes they were both written by Deputy Inspector Tanaka as a secret warning. Having spotted her mother meeting clandestinely with the deputy inspector, Aki deduces that he's her mother's boyfriend and that he hopes to protect her. Although Aki decides to stay quiet about the matter, she's suspicious of the deputy inspector and her mother, whose behavior is increasingly unpredictable. Meanwhile, Aki begins to question the critical attitude toward r¿nin expressed by her mother and her teacher. She recognizes that the masterless warriors face serious problems, and she decides to defend them as men of virtue and rectitude. Is Aki right Are the r¿nin long-suffering victims of government oppression Aki is about to learn the truth.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This is the second installment in a story of struggles between r¿nin and followers of the Edo sh¿gun. 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 r¿nin. Unable to find work and dissatisfied with their lot, some r¿nin have chosen to live as outlaws. The most notorious of the bunch is the young and murderous Ishida Kur¿bei, self-styled Shining Blade.For weeks, undercover government agents led by Deputy Inspector Tanaka had been tracking Kur¿bei. Finally, they'd cornered him, and, in the struggle that ensued, a female agent had landed a crippling blow to the head of the r¿nin before collapsing herself. Tanaka had discovered the wounded Kur¿bei lying alongside the lifeless body of his female agent. Wasting no time, the deputy inspector had arrested the unconscious Kur¿bei and had delivered him in shackles to the guarded emergency clinic at Second Street Castle.The following morning, and the deputy inspector is summoned to the office of Magistrate Gomi, his boss's superior. Gomi informs him that Kur¿bei had regained consciousness overnight and, with outside help, had escaped. In the absence of Tanaka's immediate superior-Commissioner Wada, who is away on business-the magistrate charges Tanaka with capturing the criminal once again.Shimada Gor¿, a senior r¿nin who formerly had served Kur¿bei's father, now deceased, goes looking for Kur¿bei and finds the fugitive in the abandoned barn where r¿nin recruits have learning to fight. Gor¿ attempts to dissuade Kur¿bei from his murderous intention to lead a r¿nin uprising, arguing that Kur¿bei's wrath serves no purpose.Meanwhile, a young firewood carrier named Aki is determined to figure out what's going on in her world. Intrepid and curious by nature, Aki has many questions. For one, she wonders why her teacher, the nun Bunkai, is so concerned about the simple task she asks Aki to perform, carrying secret letters in the bundles of kindling that she delivers around town. Bunkai has cautioned Aki, explaining that the task might put her in harm's way. When Aki tells the nun that she sympathizes with the masterless warriors, Bunkai warns Aki about the r¿nin, saying that they cause troubles across the realm and that the Edo shogunal government protects the people from violent warriors with no master. Aki responds, expressing sympathy for r¿nin who face hardships and restrictions imposed by the sh¿gun and his Edo officials. What Aki will soon learn is that Shining Blade is quite close and her deliveries put her in danger.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. R¿nin | Shining Blade | Elizabeth A Lillehoj | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | SPARK TEXT US - TRB | EAN 9798999006325 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. R¿nin | Rectitude | Elizabeth A Lillehoj | Taschenbuch | Elizabeth Lillehoj | Englisch | 2026 | SPARK TEXT US - TRB | EAN 9798999006356 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Ishida Kurobei, also known as Shining Blade, is a slippery outlaw who had been plaguing government officials throughout the summer of 1654. A ronin, Kurobei had been organizing an uprising of fellow masterless warriors in Kyoto, Japan's old capital. But Deputy Inspector Tanaka stopped him dead…, capturing Kurobei and locking him up in prison. Authorities can breath a sigh of relief at last. On the other side of town, however, the senior ronin Shimada Goro-formerly an advisor of Kurobei's deceased father-rallies Kurobei's ronin recruits and counsels them to continue their training. He promises to set Kurobei free and revive the plan for a ronin insurrection.Also walking the streets of Kyoto is an unassuming young woman named Aki. Even though she's a simple firewood carrier, Aki is highly curious and has learned a lot about what's been going on from her widowed mother and her teacher, a nun at the imperial convent of Enshoji.Aki is surprised to find two unsigned and disturbing notes, addressed to her and left tacked to the doorjamb of her home. The first note claims someone had murdered her father, and the second note alleges that the Zen master of the Enshoji abbess had also been slain. After racking her brain to figure out who'd left the notes, Aki concludes they were both written by Deputy Inspector Tanaka as a secret warning. Having spotted her mother meeting clandestinely with the deputy inspector, Aki deduces that he's her mother's boyfriend and that he hopes to protect her. Although Aki decides to stay quiet about the matter, she's suspicious of the deputy inspector and her mother, whose behavior is increasingly unpredictable. Meanwhile, Aki begins to question the critical attitude toward ronin expressed by her mother and her teacher. She recognizes that the masterless warriors face serious problems, and she decides to defend them as men of virtue and rectitude. Is Aki right? Are the ronin long-suffering victims of government oppression?Aki is about to learn the truth! This page-turner is an action packed tale of rogue masterless warriors, determined police, and daring spies in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This is the second installment in a story of struggles between ronin and followers of the Edo shogun. 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 s…ummer of 1654, the streets of Kyoto are flooded with the masterless warriors known as ronin. Unable to find work and dissatisfied with their lot, some ronin have chosen to live as outlaws. The most notorious of the bunch is the young and murderous Ishida Kurobei, self-styled Shining Blade. For weeks, undercover government agents led by Deputy Inspector Tanaka had been tracking Kurobei. Finally, they'd cornered him, and, in the struggle that ensued, a female agent had landed a crippling blow to the head of the ronin before collapsing herself. Tanaka had discovered the wounded Kurobei lying alongside the lifeless body of his female agent. Wasting no time, the deputy inspector had arrested the unconscious Kurobei and had delivered him in shackles to the guarded emergency clinic at Second Street Castle.The following morning, and the deputy inspector is summoned to the office of Magistrate Gomi, his boss's superior. Gomi informs him that Kurobei had regained consciousness overnight and, with outside help, had escaped. In the absence of Tanaka's immediate superior-Commissioner Wada, who is away on business-the magistrate charges Tanaka with capturing the criminal once again.Shimada Goro, a senior ronin who formerly had served Kurobei's father, now deceased, goes looking for Kurobei and finds the fugitive in the abandoned barn where ronin recruits have learning to fight. Goro attempts to dissuade Kurobei from his murderous intention to lead a ronin uprising, arguing that Kurobei's wrath serves no purpose.Meanwhile, a young firewood carrier named Aki is determined to figure out what's going on in her world. Intrepid and curious by nature, Aki has many questions. For one, she wonders why her teacher, the nun Bunkai, is so concerned about the simple task she asks Aki to perform, carrying secret letters in the bundles of kindling that she delivers around town. Bunkai has cautioned Aki, explaining that the task might put her in harm's way. When Aki tells the nun that she sympathizes with the masterless warriors, Bunkai warns Aki about the ronin, saying that they cause troubles across the realm and that the Edo shogunal government protects the people from violent warriors with no master. Aki responds, expressing sympathy for ronin who face hardships and restrictions imposed by the shogun and his Edo officials. What Aki will soon learn is that Shining Blade is quite close and her deliveries put her in danger. This is the second installment in a story with crime, adventure, spies, and masterless warriors. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. Ishida Kurobei, also known as Shining Blade, is a slippery outlaw who had been plaguing government officials throughout the summer of 1654. A ronin, Kurobei had been organizing an uprising of fellow masterless warriors in Kyoto, Japan's old capital. But Deputy Inspector Tanaka stopped him dead…, capturing Kurobei and locking him up in prison. Authorities can breath a sigh of relief at last. On the other side of town, however, the senior ronin Shimada Goro-formerly an advisor of Kurobei's deceased father-rallies Kurobei's ronin recruits and counsels them to continue their training. He promises to set Kurobei free and revive the plan for a ronin insurrection.Also walking the streets of Kyoto is an unassuming young woman named Aki. Even though she's a simple firewood carrier, Aki is highly curious and has learned a lot about what's been going on from her widowed mother and her teacher, a nun at the imperial convent of Enshoji.Aki is surprised to find two unsigned and disturbing notes, addressed to her and left tacked to the doorjamb of her home. The first note claims someone had murdered her father, and the second note alleges that the Zen master of the Enshoji abbess had also been slain. After racking her brain to figure out who'd left the notes, Aki concludes they were both written by Deputy Inspector Tanaka as a secret warning. Having spotted her mother meeting clandestinely with the deputy inspector, Aki deduces that he's her mother's boyfriend and that he hopes to protect her. Although Aki decides to stay quiet about the matter, she's suspicious of the deputy inspector and her mother, whose behavior is increasingly unpredictable. Meanwhile, Aki begins to question the critical attitude toward ronin expressed by her mother and her teacher. She recognizes that the masterless warriors face serious problems, and she decides to defend them as men of virtue and rectitude. Is Aki right? Are the ronin long-suffering victims of government oppression?Aki is about to learn the truth! This page-turner is an action packed tale of rogue masterless warriors, determined police, and daring spies in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. This is the second installment in a story of struggles between ronin and followers of the Edo shogun. 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 s…ummer of 1654, the streets of Kyoto are flooded with the masterless warriors known as ronin. Unable to find work and dissatisfied with their lot, some ronin have chosen to live as outlaws. The most notorious of the bunch is the young and murderous Ishida Kurobei, self-styled Shining Blade. For weeks, undercover government agents led by Deputy Inspector Tanaka had been tracking Kurobei. Finally, they'd cornered him, and, in the struggle that ensued, a female agent had landed a crippling blow to the head of the ronin before collapsing herself. Tanaka had discovered the wounded Kurobei lying alongside the lifeless body of his female agent. Wasting no time, the deputy inspector had arrested the unconscious Kurobei and had delivered him in shackles to the guarded emergency clinic at Second Street Castle.The following morning, and the deputy inspector is summoned to the office of Magistrate Gomi, his boss's superior. Gomi informs him that Kurobei had regained consciousness overnight and, with outside help, had escaped. In the absence of Tanaka's immediate superior-Commissioner Wada, who is away on business-the magistrate charges Tanaka with capturing the criminal once again.Shimada Goro, a senior ronin who formerly had served Kurobei's father, now deceased, goes looking for Kurobei and finds the fugitive in the abandoned barn where ronin recruits have learning to fight. Goro attempts to dissuade Kurobei from his murderous intention to lead a ronin uprising, arguing that Kurobei's wrath serves no purpose.Meanwhile, a young firewood carrier named Aki is determined to figure out what's going on in her world. Intrepid and curious by nature, Aki has many questions. For one, she wonders why her teacher, the nun Bunkai, is so concerned about the simple task she asks Aki to perform, carrying secret letters in the bundles of kindling that she delivers around town. Bunkai has cautioned Aki, explaining that the task might put her in harm's way. When Aki tells the nun that she sympathizes with the masterless warriors, Bunkai warns Aki about the ronin, saying that they cause troubles across the realm and that the Edo shogunal government protects the people from violent warriors with no master. Aki responds, expressing sympathy for ronin who face hardships and restrictions imposed by the shogun and his Edo officials. What Aki will soon learn is that Shining Blade is quite close and her deliveries put her in danger. This is the second installment in a story with crime, adventure, spies, and masterless warriors. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
