Heart of the Ronin

by Travis Heermann

Overview

A Fateful Duel Makes Him an Outlaw...

...And a demon turns him into a hero.

Thus begins Ken'ishi's epic journey to discover his past and find service with a worthy master.

Amid ruthless crime lords, capricious spirits, and Mongol spies, Ken'ishi is an orphan and a ronin, a samurai without a master, tossed on the waves of fate and fortune.

His only link to his past is Silver Crane, his father's sword, a blade that holds its secrets close...Such as the secret of Ken'ishi's bloodline.

But when he meets the woman of his dreams, he might just discover that his dreams are actually nightmares.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781622254385
Publisher:	Bear Paw Publishing
Publication date:	09/08/2021
Series:	Ronin Trilogy , #1
Pages:	366
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.82(d)

About the Author

Travis Heermann grew up in the countryside of Nebraska and graduated from the Universityof Nebraska at Lincoln with a BS in electrical engineering. In 2003, he shifted careers and moved to Fukuoka, Japan, to teach English to young students in public schools. Amazon.com called his first novel, The Ivory Star, “a must have for every sci-fi reader.” Soon afterward, Heermann immersed himself in Japanese culture and history and combined his passion for folklore and fantasy literature. The result is Heart of the Ronin, a tale of a teenage warrior in thirteenth-century Japan, and the first volume in the Ronin Trilogy. On Ronin Writer (travisheermann.com/blog), Heermann’s blog about the writing life, he posts an ongoing series of in-depth interviews with authors in a variety of genres.

Editorial Reviews

A fusion of historical fiction and adventure fantasy, the first volume of Heermann's Ronin Trilogy is a page-turning folkloric narrative of epic proportions. In a strange, supernatural feudal Japan, 17-year-old warrior Ken'ishi, a masterless samurai with a mysterious past and a legendary sword, saves the life of Kazuko, a powerful lord's daughter. Soon he becomes entangled in a deadly web of treachery, obsession and vengeance along with a bevy of conspirators, spies, assassins and otherworldly monstrosities. Though Heermann does little to push the boundaries of the subgenre, his writing style is confident and fluid, his characters well developed and his serpentine story line anything but predictable. Numerous tantalizingly unresolved plot threads will have readers anxiously awaiting the second installment in this gripping tale of ill-fated love, betrayal and destiny. (Feb.)

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