Publisher's Synopsis
It is 1861. Growing up in rural Japan, Sachi has always felt different, with her pale skin and fine features. Then, when she is just eleven, an imperial princess passes through her village and sweeps her off to the women's palace in the great city of Edo, where she is chosen as the concubine of the young shogun. But Japan is changing. As civil war erupts, Sachi flees for her life. Rescued by a rebel warrior, she must unravel the mystery of her own origins - a mystery that encompasses a wrong so terrible that it threatens to destroy her.
