In the next dimension there is a world very much like ours, and on this world is an island nation much like our own Japan. In Naipon, however, the myths and dreams of the Japanese people are clothed in reality- sorcerers make magicks great and small, creatures out of legend walk the land from sea...
Azo wore a pair of baggy trousers or split skirt called hakama, printed brown on black, over a short kimono of blue slik. Her family seal—a gingko leaf—was printed on the back of the kimono and in the front at each shoulder. Through her sash or obi she bore two swords: long and short. Around her ...
the nearest maid-in-waiting whispered. “It snows upon the castle.” Echiko sat huddled in a corner of the room, having crawled from her bedding some while before, trying to hide from haunted dreams and memories. Her once-beautiful face was thin and sallow. There were shadows around her eyes. At fi...