Oriental adventure with a fantasy twist. Legend of the Five Rings is full of high action and adventure, set in a mythical Eastern world. 'The Crane' continues the epic story begun in 'The Scorpion'. This series of novels chronicles the ongoing Clan War, a story told though the Legend of the Five Rings trading card game, as well as these popular books The Crane Clan champion has everything a young samurai could want - power, riches, glory, and honour - until he seeks an audience with the Scorpion empress, as beautiful as she is deadly. Thought a master of courtly politics, he loses everything.