A Katana-Ra Universe Novel. 183 pages. In the high-altitude sanctuary of Katana-Ra, Jin-Lord thought he had finally buried the blade. As the master of House Kensai, he traded a life of legendary violence for the quiet rustle of cherry blossoms and the steady rhythm of the mountain seasons. He believed that tradition was a shield. He was wrong. When the sky over the valley turns a predatory, corporate blue, Jin returns from the peaks to find his life reduced to a blackened smudge. His village has been harvested. His people have been processed into kilowatts for the megacity grid. And Akane, the woman who anchored his soul to the light, has been taken as a "Guest of Honor" by the very monsters who lit the match. In the city of glass, even a Ghost can bleed.