Daughter of the sword : a novel of the fated blades /
Mariko Oshiro is not your average Tokyo cop. As the only female detective in the city's most elite police unit, she has to fight for every ounce of respect, especially from her new boss. While she wants to track down a rumored cocaine shipment, he gives her the least promising case possible. Bu...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New American Library,
2012.
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| Summary: | Mariko Oshiro is not your average Tokyo cop. As the only female detective in the city's most elite police unit, she has to fight for every ounce of respect, especially from her new boss. While she wants to track down a rumored cocaine shipment, he gives her the least promising case possible. But the case--the attempted theft of an old samurai sword--proves more dangerous then anyone on the force could have imagined. The owner of the sword, Professor Yasuo Yamada, says it was crafted by the legendary Master Inazuma, a sword smith whose blades are rumored to have magical qualities. The man trying to steal it already owns another Inazuma--one whose deadly power eventually comes to control all who wield it. Or so says Yamada, and though he has studies swords and swordsmanship all his life, Mariko isn't convinced. Bur Mariko's skepticism hardly matters. Her investigation has to pus her on a collision course with a curse centuries old and as bloodthirsty as ever. She is only the latest in a long line of warriors and soldiers to confront this power, and even the sword she learns to wield could turn against her. |
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| Item Description: | Accession # is 2018_0048. Donated by Jeremy Brett. "ROC book." |
| Physical Description: | 468 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780451464774 045146477X |