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But as Mariko gets closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets that will force her to question everything she\'s ever known..
Ranmaru and Okami warm to Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity.
When she is ambushed by a group of bandits known as the Black Clan enroute to a political marriage to Minamoto Raiden - the emperor\'s son - Mariko realises she has two choices: she can wait to be rescued...or she can take matters into her own hands, hunt down the clan and find the person who wants her dead.
Disguising herself as a peasant boy, Mariko infiltrates the Black Clan\'s hideout and befriends their leader, the rebel ronin Ranmaru, and his second-in-command, Okami.
But Mariko is the daughter of a prominent samurai and a cunning alcheMist in her own right, and she refuses to be ignored. .will undoubtedly enthrall readers.\' - KirkusMariko has always known that being a woman means she\'s not in control of her own fate. .
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wrath and the Dawn, comes a sweeping, action-packed YA adventure set against the backdrop of Feudal Japan.\'This story
