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Cloud of Sparrows, Takashi Matsuoka

Cloud of Sparrows (ISBN: 0385338503) was a delight to read and leaves me waiting agonizingly for a second one from this debut author that shall arrive soon (Autumn Leaves, ISBN: 0385336411). The book set in the period in Japan when other nations where knocking at their door (in my ignorance I do not know the name of this period), this book takes us on an adventure with the Okamichi clan, headed by Lord Genji. Main characters include a beautiful American woman, detested by the Japanese for her distinctly un-Japanese shape – ugly is something she likes being. A gun slinging, but not converted to religion, fast draw cowboy bent on revenge, and a reformed gun-toting murderer come Buddhist monk. A Geisha ninja spy. A Samurai, who is plagued by visions of the future, but is a martial artist comparable to Miyamoto Musashi.

The Okamichi clan is plagued by visions; these play a large role in the book. The author seamlessly allows characters from this old world Japan to see the future, a future where no one carries the two swords of samurais. This being a bitter pill to swallow for two of the major samurais. The vision for the samurais were of today (I presumed) and was a nightmare for them, I wonder what the world was like for them?

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