Basilisk: The Kouga Ninja Scrolls, Vol. 4
OF BLOOD AND DESTINYThe titanic battle between the clans rages on. Akeginu and the blinded Oboro of the Iga clan encounter a powerful aristocrat named Ofuku, who will do whatever it takes to make her godson, Takechiyo, the next Shogun. If Ofuku and her troops join forces with the Iga, will the...
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OF BLOOD AND DESTINYThe titanic battle between the clans rages on. Akeginu and the blinded Oboro of the Iga clan encounter a powerful aristocrat named Ofuku, who will do whatever it takes to make her godson, Takechiyo, the next Shogun. If Ofuku and her troops join forces with the Iga, will the Kouga still have a chance at victory?Meanwhile, the Kouga leader Gennosuke, also blinded, and his comrades–including the shapeshifter Saemon and the deadly seductress Kagerou–embark on a long journey to Sunpu to find out exactly why the truce was dissolved. They will face the fury of the calculating Tenzen and the whirlwind-wielding Koshirou. In the end, who will survive this bloody game of deception and politics?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780345490469 (0345490460)
Publish date: February 27th 2007
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Series: Basilisk (#1)
Wow. This great series comes to an end. I won't spoil much, but I will say that it ends like a classic Greek tragedy (if you know that genre, then you know what happens). The fight comes down to the last three ninja for each clan, but one of the sides has someone interfering. The action moves very f...
The battle between the Iga and Kouga clans continues, leaving only 5 ninjas left by the end of this volume (out of ten per side that started out). A noble lady decides to meddle, which could make things interesting. Once again, the pace on this one moves along very fast. One of the things I am notic...
The series continues as one clan places a shapeshifter in the enemy camp in an attempt to get an edge in the battle. Two feuding ninja clans, and a love story as the leaders of those two clans are in love. The thing I like about this series is that it reads very fast. Once you get started, you prett...
A great start to this series. Two ninja clans have been at each other's throats for centuries. Their war held back by a truce. Now, that truce is broken by the land's shogun. Ten ninja from each clan will fight to the death, and the surviving clan will rule the land for the next 1,000 years. To comp...
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