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In Jade Palace Vendetta, Kaze continues the search to find his lord's missing child. This time out, Kaze is waylaid when he saves a helpless merchant from a vicious gang of killers and soon discovers that everything is not what it appears. He finds himself trapped in a web of deceit and violence, where a veneer of propriety hides great evil. Only Kaze's quick wit and martial skills can save him and keep him on his quest to find the kidnapped child.Tags
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Second book in the Samurai series set in medieval Japan.
The main character, Kaze, the masterless ronin, is continuing his search for the daughter of his dead lord. The lord was on the losing side of a battle to determine who would be the next Shogun. His daughter was sold off by a vengeful lord on the winning side. Kaze has been given a duty to find her and rescue her.
In this book the fact that Kaze is a wanted criminal because he was on the losing side comes more to the front, and inhibits some of his actions.
He is caught up with a wealthy merchant who is obsessed with his wife, a crazy grandmother on a mission of sanctioned revenge, thieves who are after the merchant, and a mystery about the merchant, his wife, and his enemies.
The show more book is well written and has interesting information about Japan of that time. The main character is well done. Overall the book is quick, light read. show less
The main character, Kaze, the masterless ronin, is continuing his search for the daughter of his dead lord. The lord was on the losing side of a battle to determine who would be the next Shogun. His daughter was sold off by a vengeful lord on the winning side. Kaze has been given a duty to find her and rescue her.
In this book the fact that Kaze is a wanted criminal because he was on the losing side comes more to the front, and inhibits some of his actions.
He is caught up with a wealthy merchant who is obsessed with his wife, a crazy grandmother on a mission of sanctioned revenge, thieves who are after the merchant, and a mystery about the merchant, his wife, and his enemies.
The show more book is well written and has interesting information about Japan of that time. The main character is well done. Overall the book is quick, light read. show less
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Author and businessman Dale Furutani was born in Hawaii on December 1, 1946. He earned a creative writing degree from California State University, and an M.B.A. from UCLA. As a businessman, Furutani worked in the automotive industry, was president of a software company, and founded a consulting company. As a novelist, Furutani won the Macavity and show more Anthony Awards for his first work, Death in Little Tokyo. After being named the first Asian American to win a major mystery award, Furutani went on to write his second novel, The Toyotomi Blades. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Jade Palace Vendetta
- Original publication date
- 1999-06-23
- People/Characters
- Kaze Matsuyama
- Important places
- Japan
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- 104
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- Reviews
- 2
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- (3.91)
- Languages
- Bulgarian, English, French, Italian
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
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