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Silk Kimono/Mystic Sword




Seventeenth century Japan's civil wars are ending. The country is about to retreat from the world for 250 years. While the ruling SHOGUN plots to retain his power, a EURASIAN FISHERMAN searches for his identity and finds his soul. The shogun’s POET DAUGHTER falls in love with the fisherman and becomes a woman on a perilous journey. And a ZEN MONK with a shady past reveals the path to enlightenment is one that does not come easily.

Behind every shoji screen lurks treachery and deceit. At the shogun's side, a PSYCHOTIC SAMURAI who wants his lord's head and his daughter’s futon. These disparate lives are the interwoven threads in the fabric of a silk kimono.

In the end it is a mysterious sword that will determine their destinies.



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     ©2008 Susan Scharfman