The Dragon Scroll
by:
I.J. Parker (author)
Roy Vongtama (author)
In an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces listeners to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished nobleman and...
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In an adventure filled with highway bandits, unscrupulous politicians, and renegade monks, The Dragon Scroll introduces listeners to the lively world of eleventh-century Japan and an irrepressible hero—Sugawara Akitada. On his first official assignment, Akitada—an impoverished nobleman and earnest young government clerk in the Ministry of Justice—is sent from the capital city on a nearly impossible mission to the distant province of Kazusa to discover why tax convoys are disappearing. In the politically murky world of the Japanese court, he has been set up to fail. Against the odds, the ever-resourceful Akitada, his elderly servant Seimei, and his impudent bodyguard Tora are determined to fulfill their mission and discover the truth in a town of dangerous secrets.
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Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9781415955352 (1415955352)
Publish date: June 3rd 2008
Publisher: Random House Audio
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Detective,
Asian Literature,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Japan,
Japanese Literature,
Indonesian Literature
Series: Sugawara Akitada (#1)
After encountering the charming story of The Celebrated Cases of Judge Dee, I went on a quest for more gong'an crime novels. Sticking various combinations of "Chinese mystery," "Judge Dee", and "gong'an" crime into my library's search tool, it churned up this story. I was slightly surprised, upon ...
I liked how slowly the plot unraveled. How Akitada by being bold and trying very hard to not 'be' just a nobleman beats all odds and solves the intricate web of deceit and murders he is faced with.I especially like the relationship between Akitada, Tora and Seimei. All three from very different soci...
The Dragon Scroll isn't bad. Actually, it's fairly entertaining. The problem is, I've read almost all of the books in the Judge Dee series, and I love them. Judge Dee and his assistants kick Sugawara Akitada and his sidekicks' butts. They're tougher, their bonds are deeper, their antics are more...