Overview
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. Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is.
Kano Murasaki, called Risuko (Squirrel) is a young, fatherless girl, more comfortable climbing trees than down on the ground. Yet she finds herself enmeshed in a game where the board is the whole nation of Japan, where the pieces are armies, moved by scheming lords, and a single girl couldn’t possible have the power to change the outcome.
Or could she?
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Seasons of the Sword Book 4 Title Reveal
Since Kano, the third Seasons of the Sword book, comes out in less than two weeks, it’s time for the title reveal for the fourth book!
Kano includes the first chapter of the concluding novel in Risuko’s adventures. It follows her as she, Emi, and Toumi accompany a spoiled young noblewoman to her wedding. What should be a simple assignment—get the bride to the wedding, make sure she’s properly dressed—is anything but.
Because someone wants the lady dead.
After Risuko, Bright Eyes, and Kano, we are excited to reveal that the title of book 4 is…
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Not an April Fool: Dummy Copies of Kano Shipped
Wish it were an April Fool
Look what I got in the mail last week! 
Boy, wasn’t I surprised, since I’m still working with the editors on the final draft! I mean, it would have been great if it had actually been the final text, but the inside looked like this: Continue reading Not an April Fool: Dummy Copies of Kano Shipped
Kano — Ask the Author!
Questions about Seasons of the Sword #3?
Ask the Author Anything!
Kano: A Kunoichi Tale, the third book in the Seasons of the Sword series, is almost here!
We hope you’re as excited as we are. In fact, author David Kudler would love to answer any questions about the book or the series you may have. Make predictions about what you think will happen — and what won’t! David may even be willing to give you some hints about what’s to come… but no spoilers. 😉
Comment with your questions or predictions, and David will respond.
Spring is here!
Here in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s the vernal equinox today, the first day of spring.
Happy Spring!
In celebration of the new season (since we are all about the seasons here at Seasons of the Sword), we’ve updated our site header: Continue reading Spring is here!
Shōgun Returns
Have you been watching the new miniseries Shōgun? I’d love to discuss it with you!
Based on the 1975 novel by James Clavell, Shōgun follows John Blackthorne, an English ship’s pilot (anjin) who finds himself shipwrecked in Japan in 1600 — some 30 years after my Seasons of the Sword books. The empire is in the endgame of the century-and-a-half-long series of civil wars. Blackthorne finds himself both a pawn and a player in a deadly game that will lead to the birth of a new Japan.
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