In Service of the Samurai by Gloria Oliver

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Washington Science Fiction Journal - Colleen R Cahill

Oliver has created a work of atmosphere, adventure and fun. I recommend you start your quest for a copy today.


This is a magical, unique novel which deserves wide recognition.
Crystal Reviews, Vivianne Crystal

I highly recommend you go out and get it and be prepared to enjoy a trip to Medieval Japan. Timeless Tales, Jameela

REVIEW BY CHERYL SWANSON

In a medieval Japanese village, a powerful samurai kidnaps a fifteen-year-old mapmaker. The hapless young boy, Chizuson

Toshiro, is thereby thrust into a world honeycombed with riddles and undergirded with darkness. Virtually everyone Toshi meets for the next 300 pages of this novel is a ghost.

In Service of the Samurai is a neatly spun fantasy in which a young boy comes of age in old Japan in the midst of an extraordinary journey. As the masked geisha, Miro, slowly gets a grip on Toshi’s heart, he finds himself beginning to care about his captors. Stockholm syndrome or not, they redeem themselves by giving Toshi a chance to choose his own path and make his own life.

At its core, In Service of the Samurai is a classic mythic story about a hero’s journey. It is a minutely imagined fantasy that transports readers to a highly nuanced world. The pacing is not for those who like a plot that whisks along. But for my money, this is a story worth the reading.

Review by Cheryl Swanson, Gotta Read