Book
The Edo Scroll
First published 2026
Mankichi follows the missing woman’s trail into Edo and discovers that the Awa conspiracy maintains captives and agents inside the shogunate’s capital. Gennojō, Otsuna and their allies face hired swordsmen, underground prisons, fire and betrayal as investigations that began separately start to converge.
Edo’s crowded neighbourhoods, temples and official controls turn the city into both refuge and trap. The group’s escape preserves the evidence but sends hunters and fugitives onto the road west, widening a private search into a direct threat to domain and shogunal authority.
Laura Joh Rowland
25 books