Time passes, but not all wounds are healed. Tetsu's finally getting taller, and his sword skills are improving exponentially, but the Shinsengumi members face newer and greater challenges every day. And while Sakamoto Ryoma continues his own crusade to change Japan for the better, Suzu's scheme for revenge on Tetsu takes a tragic twist.
A saga of revolution and warfare set in nineteenth-century Kyoto is centered on the bakumatsu, a chaotic and bloody period in Japan's history which would result in the disbanding of the samurai culture.
Three months after the Ikedaya Incident crushed the anti-shogunate rebellion--and propelled the Shinsengumi, Kyoto's now-official police, into history as Kyoto's premium peacekeeping force--there is still no rest for the peaceful, as an unexpected threat to the Shinsengumi arises. Original.
Japan, 1864. The Tokugawa shogunate is locked in a bitter battle with Choshu rebels who desire to overthrow the shogunate and restore the emperor to power. The rebels' chief weapon is Yotoko Mizuki, a seventeen-year-old assassin with the ominous nickname of Battosai, or Man Killer. Masquerading for years as a boy, Mizuki longs for a normal, peaceful life as a girl. When she abandons her former life and mysteriously shows up in Kyoto, the killing begins anew. But a chance encounter with three ronin lead her to an unexpected match with the genius swordsman, Okita Souji, captain of the first unit of the Shinsengumi. When Souji finds that his greatest enemy is a woman, swords clash and sparks fly. Though bested by her, Souji is unexpectedly attracted to Mizuki. Their relationship grows closer by the day, and the two eventually realize they are in love. But her former leader, Toshimaru Yoshida, has other plans for the young woman. Determined to get her back at any cost, Yoshida heads to Kyoto and a violent confrontation with Mizuki and the Shinsengumi, pitting the two lovers against each other in a dangerous game of lies and accusations. Can Souji protect Mizuki from the demons of her past, or will she be lost to him forever?
The Rosewater Insurrection continues the award-winning science fiction trilogy by one of science fiction's most engaging voices. All is quiet in the city of Rosewater as it expands on the back of the gargantuan alien Wormwood. Those who know the truth of the invasion keep the secret. The government agent Aminat, the lover of the retired sensitive Kaaro, is at the forefront of the cold, silent conflict. She must capture a woman who is the key to the survival of the human race. But Aminat is stymied by the machinations of the Mayor of Rosewater and the emergence of an old enemy of Wormwood. Innovative and genre-bending, Tade Thompson's ambitious Afrofuturist series is perfect for fans of Jeff Vandermeer, N. K. Jemisin, and Ann Leckie. Praise for The Wormwood Trilogy: "Smart. Gripping. Fabulous!" —Ann Leckie, award winning-author of Ancillary Justice "Mesmerising. There are echoes of Neuromancer and Arrival in here, but this astonishing debut is beholden to no one." —M. R. Carey, bestselling author of The Girl with All the Gifts "A magnificent tour de force, skillfully written and full of original and disturbing ideas." —Adrian Tchaikovsky, Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning author of Children of Time The Wormwood Trilogy Rosewater The Rosewater Insurrection The Rosewater Redemption
Hey knows she's developing feelings for EO, but she can't be honest with herself just yet. However, a friend reminds her that time may be all that's needed to make EO blossom into the handsome gentleman he was meant to be. Will a new school, new friends, and an open mind be enough to make Hey turn over a new leaf?The minty-fresh romance of Peppermint finally finds its fairytale ending ...
He may be an aloof loner, but it looks like Kai is getting mighty comfy in his role as the houseguest at Sayaka's family home. He may even be picking up a few friends along the way and is actually having some fun! Of course, there's always his sempai Ai, trying to convince him to return to the life they once lived and then there's Natsuki, Sayaka's brother, who keep trying to out him as a vampire!
After several years in the U.S. a Japanese woman returns to Japan, taking along a niece raised in the U.S. The novel describes their adjustment to Japanese culture, different for each generation.
The beginning of the End! Creatures from the hovering flying saucer (you'd better check out issue #1 to see where this started!) begin to break up the God Mountain. If they free the dreaming creature inside, the world will be destroyed! Jana and her friends have to fight their way through the Dirt People and past one of their hated and feared Dream Walkers to get to the caverns that holds a piece of an ancient weapon-one that might be able to stop the Aliens from achieving their goal. There's only one problem-to get the item they need, Jana will have to fight giant blood worms, Gigantopithicenes, and the Dream Walker himself!