Highly trained in the way of the sword, and the way of the Zen masters, Laicy Campbell goes to the dying planet of Rune. There, in the brutal desert, she meets a shadow warrior who will lead her to her ultimate destiny as a searcher and a samurai.

In the tradition of Steve Perry's Matador novels, the epic legend of Iroshi continues—when the ultimate warrior-woman is marooned on a man-eatingp lanet.

In this gripping new novel from Cary Osborne, the woman warrior Iroshi must do battle with an ambitious rogue who left the Glaive to pursue his own glory. It is the ultimate showdown between warrior and rebel—with immortality hanging in the balance.