6/10/2023 0 Comments Risuko a kunoichi tale![]() ![]() The characters are nicely varied and all the pieces fit into place deftly - Kirkus Reviews 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 possibly have the power to change the outcome. ![]() Kano Murasaki, called Risuko (Squirrel) is a young, fatherless girl, more comfortable climbing trees than down on the ground. Magical but historical, Risuko follows her along the first dangerous steps to discovering who she truly is. ![]() 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. 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. Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees. My name is Kano Murasaki, but everyone calls me Squirrel. That I can be a very special kind of woman. My nation has been at war for a hundred years, Serenity is under attack, my family is in disgrace, but some people think that I can bring victory. I am from Serenity Province, though I was not born there. ![]() My name is Kano Murasaki, but most people call me Risuko. ![]()
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