With power and respect finally in hand, rarely has so much hung in the balance for Takeo Karaoshi.Unfortunately, Lord Botan Katsu has all that, plus Gavin, Takeo's enchanted sword, and an impregnable defensive position. Stuck between Botan and the Nguyen forces, Takeo must risk it all to destroy one before the other closes in. A difficult but not impossible task.Yet things are never as simple as they appear.