The Lord of Owari: A Novel (9784805320723)

A gripping novel of bloody battles and shifting alliances as a ruthless new leader emerges to unify Japan!

Brutality, betrayal and the path to victory. When Oda Nobuhide, the Tiger of Owari, falls ill, his free-spirited son Oda Nobunaga, whom no one expects to succeed, rises to take his place. The visionary Oda Nobunaga (1534-82) begins his rise to power by subduing not only his own family but all of his neighboring and far more powerful rival warlords, through the use of unconventional tactics and superior weapons.

Writer Baptiste Pinson Wu brings Nobunaga's epic tale vibrantly to life. Beyond the blood-soaked battlefields and bedrooms of powerful samurais and their wives, you will meet the real-life figures who shaped Japan's history:

Princess Nohime: The beautiful daughter of the "Viper of Mino"—the Oda clan's main rival—who becomes Nobunaga's bride

Oda Nobuyuki: Nobunaga's own brother is found to be plotting against him; will family loyalties and the samurai's code prevent Nobunaga from taking necessary action?

Tokugawa Ieyasu: Kidnapped as a child by Nobunaga's father and given to a powerful neighboring warlord, Ieyasu grows up with one goal in mind—to destroy the Oda clan

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: A peasant soldier who becomes Nobunaga's most trusted general and eventual successor, though only for a brief time as fate will have it

The novel foreshadows the ruthlessness and brilliance that will eventually lead Nobunaga to conquer all of central Japan. In an epic showdown at the books conclusion, as pounding rain turns the battlefield into a sea of mud, Nobunaga's ragtag army stages a surprise ambush, routing the larger force of Imagawa Yoshimoto at the Battle of Okehazama. The Great Unifier is on his way to unifying Japan under one banner!


About the Author:
Baptiste Pinson Wu is a prolific writer of historical novels on ancient Japan and China. He frequently visits ancient battlefields, ruins, shrines and temples to document and research what these sites must have been like centuries ago. He is the author of a numerous multi-volume works of fiction, including: The Three Kingdoms Chronicles, Undead Samurai and The Yaseki Monogatari.