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Ghost: A Dream of Murder
Mochizuki Chiyome wants someone dead
And someone wants to serve her
At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant.
This is the third of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler’s historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale.
White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity
Silk & Service — A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems (coming soon!)
Ghost — At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant
Shining Boy — Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she's wandered into
Blade — Toumi doesn't want anyone messing with her business
Little Brother — Returning to the monastery turns out to be as hard as leaving it was
And someone wants to serve her
At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant.
This is the third of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler’s historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale.
White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity
Silk & Service — A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems (coming soon!)
Ghost — At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant
Shining Boy — Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she's wandered into
Blade — Toumi doesn't want anyone messing with her business
Little Brother — Returning to the monastery turns out to be as hard as leaving it was
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 27, 2016
About the author
David Kudler
60 books190 followersDavid Kudler writes about people who refuse to stay small.
His multi-award-winning Seasons of the Sword series follows Risuko, a teenage girl pulled into the brutal beauty of sixteenth-century Japan — beginning with Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale and continuing through Bright Eyes, Kano and Murasaki.
When he's not writing, he runs Stillpoint Digital Press, producing print, ebook, and audiobook editions across genres from philosophy and poetry to memoir and romance.
He previously served as managing editor for the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, shepherding into print Pathways to Bliss, Myths of Light, Asian Journals, and the first revised edition of The Hero with a Thousand Faces since the author's death — along with a hundred-plus other titles in print, audio, and video.
He lives just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his wife, director and author Maura Vaughn, their wordsmith daughters, and a stubbornly non-literary cat.
His multi-award-winning Seasons of the Sword series follows Risuko, a teenage girl pulled into the brutal beauty of sixteenth-century Japan — beginning with Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale and continuing through Bright Eyes, Kano and Murasaki.
When he's not writing, he runs Stillpoint Digital Press, producing print, ebook, and audiobook editions across genres from philosophy and poetry to memoir and romance.
He previously served as managing editor for the Collected Works of Joseph Campbell, shepherding into print Pathways to Bliss, Myths of Light, Asian Journals, and the first revised edition of The Hero with a Thousand Faces since the author's death — along with a hundred-plus other titles in print, audio, and video.
He lives just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his wife, director and author Maura Vaughn, their wordsmith daughters, and a stubbornly non-literary cat.
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February 27, 2018
This is the third novella in the Seasons of the Sword series.
These short novellas (about 30 pages each), take place before the events of Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (which you should all read!) and introduce us to some of the characters and their back stories.
In this one we see Lady Chiyome, Mieko and Kuniko pick out another potential candidate and test her against an unwelcome guest. I love seeing all these characters again and finding out where they came from. I love seeing the dynamic between Lady Chiyome and Mieko and Kuniko, and I'm so excited to read more of this series.
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale ... The first book in the Seasons of the Sword series. Set in historical Japan which has been in civil war for 100 years. Risuko, is sold by her family to Lady Chiyome, who takes her to a mysterious school where Risuko assumes she will be trained as a Shrine Maiden. But since when do Shrine Maidens involve themselves in war, and train to spy and kill?
Rich in culture and beautiful in scenery, everyone should read these books!
These short novellas (about 30 pages each), take place before the events of Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (which you should all read!) and introduce us to some of the characters and their back stories.
In this one we see Lady Chiyome, Mieko and Kuniko pick out another potential candidate and test her against an unwelcome guest. I love seeing all these characters again and finding out where they came from. I love seeing the dynamic between Lady Chiyome and Mieko and Kuniko, and I'm so excited to read more of this series.
Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale ... The first book in the Seasons of the Sword series. Set in historical Japan which has been in civil war for 100 years. Risuko, is sold by her family to Lady Chiyome, who takes her to a mysterious school where Risuko assumes she will be trained as a Shrine Maiden. But since when do Shrine Maidens involve themselves in war, and train to spy and kill?
Rich in culture and beautiful in scenery, everyone should read these books!
February 5, 2018
Short Story in the Season of the Sword series that gave a little background on some of the characters in Risuko.
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