![]() Misaki is a woman who holds a lot of regret when we meet her. He's been fairly sheltered by the location he has grown up in, but he values his friends and family highly and his honour too. ![]() He is young when we meet him, still in school and learning fast, but he is also creative and clever. He is brilliant from birth, and there are heavy expectations placed on him by his family to master thier family skill, The Whispering Blade, and exceed all expectations. Mamoru is Misaki's son, and he is the first-born Matsuda of the new generation. We follow two main characters in this book, Mamoru and Misaki. For a frozen mountain at the end of the Empire this spit of land is home to some of the most prolific and highly-qualified fighters out there, including the Matsudas. The book draws heavily on Asian culture and there are many parallels with Japanese training and family structures, and this is something I think has been done very well. ![]() This is a story set in an icy landscape on a mountainside. **Trigger warning: Rape, Abuses of various kinds, Violence, extreme War.** ![]() *A book I read for #SPFBO as a judge and which I quickly fell for as a fan* ![]()
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