«A bold English adventuer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust and the struggle for power. «Superbly crafted... grips the reader like a riptide... gets the juices flowing!» — «Washington Star». «Exciting, totally absorbing... be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended...» — «Philadelphia Inquirer». «Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships... a climactic human story». — «Los Angeles Times».»