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The Great Clans of Rokugan

The Collected Novellas Volume One (Legend of the Five Rings Series)

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The Great Clans of Rokugan

By: Katrina Ostrander, Robert Denton III, Mari Murdock, Daniel Lovat Clark
Narrated by: Kaipo Schwab
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Summary

Warring samurai clans fight with swords and magic for the Emperor's favor with these collected Legend of the Five Rings novellas, including a brand-new novella of the Crane Clan.

Ice and Snow by Katrina Ostrander-A surprise attack and courtly machinations challenge the untested heir to the Crane Clan to keep the peace and prove her value to her family.

The Sword and the Spirits by Robert Denton III-The champion of the Phoenix Clan must save her lost love from the darkness consuming him, and from the menace of a desecrated shrine.

Whispers of Shadow and Steel by Mari Murdock-In the Scorpion City of Lies, the "only honest Scorpion" magistrate is caught between family and finding justice in a murder case. 

Across the Burning Sands by Daniel Lovat Clark-The future heir to the mighty Unicorn Clan faces duplicity, assassins, betrayal, and even sorcery as he seeks peace with the caliph of al-Zawira.

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Are you crying out for another woman who defies convention by... following the convention of becoming a warrior? Who no one believes in but herself? Who handily defeats bigger and stronger opponents... just because? Who may, in fact, be a lesbian? Who befriends an enemy -the only honourable soul among pirates- who just so happens to use they/them pronouns?

Are you ready for an anthology whose headlining story makes regular concessions to its story, characters, culture and common sense just for the sake of fitting that stuff in?

Well, if so, you've found your audiobook and good luck to you. If not, I'd give this one a miss - maybe read the Empire Trilogy instead.

Rokugan isn't supposed to be real life feudal Japan, but it isn't supposed to be the early 2020s either. If the author could put this stuff in organically, it'd be okay but anything else just comes across as ham-fisted and the story suffers. And if this is the headliner...

Let down by the author's need to ham-fistedly insert their own bias to the detriment of the story.

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