Reviews - September 2003

This book is the first part of a trilogy about a mystical feudal Japan and the tale of a young man, orphaned by war and adopted into a powerful clan. Also gifted with near super-human stealth he becomes an assassin. Full of the usual bestseller ingredients (love, honour, betrayal, death) I found my response was the usual. I enjoyed it, but felt left with a little disappointment. Good but not great.

"Sho-Gun for the new millenium".