<DIV><P>Japan, March 1700.&nbsp;The strife between&nbsp;Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power in the shogun's court,&nbsp;and his&nbsp;enemies has&nbsp;escalated to the brink of war.<BR>When a long-buried skeleton with mysterious links to the shogun suddenly comes to light,&nbsp;Sano&nbsp;and his wife, Reiko, who defies social conventions by joining in his investigations, must confront dangerous secrets. What was Sano's own mother doing on the night when a burning&nbsp;kimono ignited a&nbsp;blaze that nearly destroyed the city? The shogun gives&nbsp;Sano and Reiko just three days to find out--or&nbsp;risk losing not only their position at court but their families' lives.</P></DIV>