Short Synopsis
A tale set in an Oriental fantasy world of myth and legend.

Full Synopsis
Now betrayed by the Emperor he once protected, master swordsman Saukendar leaves the way of the sword behind him forever—so he thinks. When a headstrong peasant girl burning to avenge her murdered family demands that he train her, Saukendar is faced with a momentous choice. Send Taizu away, never see her again—or join her and destroy the tyrant who has nearly destroyed them both.