Masami is a young man with a terrible secret. One that could cost him his life, so he has spent his life in isolation on a mountain with his Master. But nothing is forever, and a life changing event sends him down the mountain into a new life he is unprepared for: the life of a rootless wandering ronin. Naito Kiyoshi is on the run. Forced to kill an heir of the Kii clan, close allies of the new Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. Kiyoshi is a hunted man with the sentence of death on his head. How will a fateful meeting on the road change their lives? And can they survive the wrath of the Shogun and his men? Please Note this editing is out of print with the publisher. None of the Sakura Blades books are currently available. When they are back in print there will be a new entry added listing the new publisher of the series.~Michael Barnette

Can Kiyoshi and Masami survive the wrath of the Shogun and his men? Naito Kyoshi is on the run from the Shogun's men, but his life has been further complicated by the boy Masami who he's fallen in love with. And what will happen to Masami if the Shogun discovers the identity of Kyoshi's beautiful young lover. A young man who happens to be the last survivor of a samurai family the Shogun betrayed.