Edo, February 1566: when a samurai's corpse is discovered in the ruins
of a burned-out bookshop, master ninja Hiro Hattori and Jesuit Father
Mateo must determine whether the shopkeeper and his young apprentice are
innocent victims or assassins in disguise. The investigation quickly
reveals dangerous ties to Hiro's past, which threaten not only Edo's
fledgling booksellers' guild, but the very survival of Hiro's ninja
clan. With an arsonist on the loose, and a murderer stalking the narrow
streets, Hiro and Father Mateo must save the guild--and themselves--from
a conflagration that could destroy them all.