Author Description

"Bugeisha Dreams" is a thrilling tale of the Warring Period of feudal Japan. After many tragedies, Bugeisha Junko and her sophisticated twin sister Miko inherit their ancestral land from their samurai father. Caretakers of the surrounding peasant villages and farms, they must fend off the underhanded advances of a neighboring daimyo. While one of the sisters wants to give over their property in exchange for a treasure, Junko would rather fight for their rightful ownership. While her samurai spirit is full of ancestral power, her weakness for sake often fails her. When a stranger from a foreign land shows up with magical curative powers, he brings new strength into Junko's life, once again instilling the power to fight. But at what cost? With cunning and with sword, Junko battles both the ghosts of her family's past and the power of the present. But will she live to see the future?