By John A. Flanagan
The journey maintains within the 10th installment of the bestselling sequence
When Horace travels to the unique land of Nihon- Ja, it isn't lengthy prior to he unearths himself pulled right into a conflict that's not his - yet one he understands in his center he needs to salary. A state teeters at the fringe of chaos while the Nihon-Ja emperor, a defender of the typical guy, is forcibly overthrown, and merely Horace, Will, and his Araluen partners can restoration the emperor to the throne. Victory lies within the palms of an green crew of combatants, and it's anybody's bet who will make the adventure domestic to Araluen.
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