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eBook Category: Fantasy/Young Adult EPPIE Award Finalist
eBook Description: The samurai smelled of the sea, dripping on the ground, algae strung from his armor and an eerie green light glowing from the eye slits of his demon-mask. For the first time in his life, Toshi discovers that monsters do roam the earth. And this one has come for him. Dragged from his home and into the company of the undead, Toshi must use his skills to help the creatures holding him hostage. The alternative is to fail and become one of them. But those who do not wish his new master's quest to succeed may make Toshi one of the truly dead before they will allow him to do what only he can to help.

eBook Publisher: Zumaya Publications/Zumaya Publications, Published: USA, 2002
Fictionwise Release Date: December 2002

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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [348 KB] , ePub (EPUB) [291 KB] , Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [302 KB] , Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [2.4 MB] , Palm Doc (PDB) [341 KB] , Microsoft Reader (LIT) [300 KB] , Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [314 KB] , hiebook (KML) [797 KB] , Sony Reader (LRF) [399 KB] , iSilo (PDB) [279 KB] , Mobipocket (PRC) [349 KB] , Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [405 KB] , OEBFF Format (IMP) [454 KB]
Words: 108830
Reading time: 310-435 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
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"...truly original."--Eternal Night Review

"...fantastic characters in a realistic historical setting."--Rachel A Hyde, My Shelf.com

"Gloria Oliver has created a work of atmosphere, adventure and fun."--Colleen R. Cahill, Washington Science Fiction Journal

"...a magical, unique novel which deserves wide recognition."--Viviane Crystal, Crystal Reviews and The Best Reviews.com

His prison's blank, glowing walls glared silently at him as he entered. His sickness washed over him. A dead certainty stole over him then, and though the unearthly cold of the ship was mercilessly flowing into him, he didn't run for his blanket when he was released. Instead, he turned around to face the departing samurai.

"Asaka-sama, please. I beg you!" He sank to his knees, his hands face down against the floor, and his eyes closed in supplication. "Release me. Take me home. I can be of no use to you. Please, I don't belong here!" His voice got caught in his throat. "Please, Lord, I beg you!"

"Worm."

He pressed his forehead against the floor's glowing planks, shooting cold passing through it as it was already doing through his knees and hands. He shut his eyes tighter with a prayer, his heart quickening as he heard the sound most dreaded by his people everywhere. His acrid breath hung still in his raw throat as the soft click of a katana being slightly drawn from its sheath reverberated in the room's silence. He waited for the end.