A gripping novel of bloody battles and shifting alliances as a ruthless new leader emerges to unify Japan!

Brutality, betrayal and the path to victory. When Oda Nobuhide, the Tiger of Owari, falls in battle, his free-spirited son Oda Nobunaga, whom no one expects to succeed, rises to take his place. The visionary Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) becomes Japan's most powerful warlord by subduing not only his own family but all of his neighboring and far more powerful rival warlords, through the use of unconventional tactics and superior weapons.

Writer Baptiste Pinson Wu brings Nobunaga's epic tale vibrantly to life. Beyond the blood-soaked battlefields and bedrooms of powerful Samurais and their wives, you will meet the real-life figures who shaped Japan's history:

Princess Nohime: The beautiful daughter of the "Viper of Mino" —the Oda clan's main rival—becomes his bride after her father's defeat; but is she really the loyal ally she pretends to be?

Oda Nobuyuki: Nobunaga's own brother is found to be plotting against him; will family loyalties and the samurai's code prevent Nobunaga from taking necessary action?

Tokugawa Ieyasu: Kidnapped as a child by Nobunaga's father and given to a powerful neighboring warlord, Ieyasu proves to be a talented fighter and leader; after his defeat, he joins Nobunaga's cause

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: A peasant soldier who becomes Nobunaga's most trusted general and eventual successor, though only for a brief time as fate will have it

Nobunaga's ruthlessness and brilliant tactics enable him to conquer all of central Japan. But as his power grows, so does his paranoia. Will a cup of poisoned sake end his days? Castle intrigue gives way to an epic showdown. As pounding rain turns the battlefield into a sea of mud, Nobunaga's ragtag army stages a surprise ambush, routing the larger force of Imagawa Yoshimoto. The Great Unifier is on his way to unifying Japan under one banner!