Prologue — Serenity
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My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Risuko. Squirrel.
I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there.
My nation has been at war for a hundred years, Serenity is under attack and my family is in disgrace, but some people think that I can bring victory. That I can be a very special kind of woman.
All I want to do is climb.
My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Squirrel.
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (Seasons of the Sword #1)
Can One Girl Win A War?
Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. Growing up far from the battlefields and court intrigues, the fatherless girl finds herself pulled into a plot that may reunite Japan — or may destroy it. She is torn from her home and what is left of her family, but finds new friends at a school that may not be what it seems.
Someone — a student? a teacher? an outsider? — is playing the kitsune. The mischievous fox spirit is searching for… something. What do they want? And what will they do to find it?
Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.
Historical adventure fiction appropriate for teen readers
Seasons of the Sword:
- Risuko (Winter)
- Bright Eyes (Spring)
- Kano (Summer — coming March 1, 2024!)
- Autumn — coming soon!
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