Now, for the first time, all seven stories available in one volume! Set in feudal Japan, Natsuhiko Kyogoku's chilling series interweaves tales of karma and retribution with supernatural tricksters and spirits. Join the Mendicant and his intrepid trio of con artists as they travel the length and breadth of Japan, devising ingenious schemes to avenge injustice and punish those beyond the reach of the law. These seven stories paint a colorful picture of Edo-period society-a world populated by peasants, samurai, priests and geisha plus an assortment of greedy merchants, corrupt officials, highway robbers, traveling entertainers, side-show performers, wandering ronin, serial murderers, crime bosses and more.