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Gai-Jin
Book 3 in the The Asian Saga series.
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In 1862 Malcolm Struan, heir to the Noble House, is badly wounded when foreign riders are attacked near Yokohama. The incident intensifies conflict between the treaty-port community, the Tokugawa authorities and samurai factions determined to expel foreigners and restore political power to the emperor.
Malcolm’s relationship with the Frenchwoman Angélique Richaud unfolds alongside commercial rivalry, revolutionary conspiracy and the manoeuvring of Japanese lords. Loosely shaped around the Namamugi Incident and the Anglo-Satsuma War, the novel portrays a society approaching the end of shogunal rule.
