The Sword That Cuts the Shadow plunges readers into feudal Japan's dying days, where masterless samurai Kojima Yoshitaka makes one last stand to honor his oath to the fallen warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As Tokugawa Ieyasu's armies besiege Osaka Castle in 1615, Yoshitaka transforms from loyal retainer to shadow warrior, stalking Japan's new ruler in a deadly game of vengeance that will either restore a dynasty or consume them both.
The Sword That Cuts the Shadow plunges readers into feudal Japan's dying days, where masterless samurai Kojima Yoshitaka makes one last stand to honor his oath to the fallen warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. As Tokugawa Ieyasu's armies besiege Osaka Castle in 1615, Yoshitaka transforms from loyal retainer to shadow warrior, stalking Japan's new ruler in a deadly game of vengeance that will either restore a dynasty or consume them both.