Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 1569715114, Paperback)

The six paths and four lives are split asunder, as Itto Ogami and Daigoro become separated in one of this series` most powerful stories to date! The Lone Wolf`s arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, pursues Ogami to retrieve the secret letter stolen from him, only to watch dozens of his men fall victim to the Lone Wolf`s hungry sword! But Yagyu drives father and son apart as they tumble down a cliff and must survive on their own! Little Daigoro must begin his honorable search for his father. But with Yagyu`s henchmen hunting high and low for the Lone Wolf and his cub, the net drags closer and the danger wraps tighter, but the blood flows ever freely...