Autumn Bridge
Author: Takashi Matsuoka
The year is 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman watches from the window as the city is set alight and a mob runs riot destroying everything they can lay their hands on. She begins to write down the events unfolding around her and the secret history of the Okumichi Clan.,,Six centuries later the lost scrolls fall into the hands of America….Read More
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