{"product_id":"the-birth-of-steel-and-sumiko-nakano-9798232872007","title":"The Birth of Steel and Vengeance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDaughters of Wars: Steel and Vengeance\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Daughters of Wars Novel - Book One\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJapan, 1867.\u003cbr\u003eThe Shogunate is splintering. The Emperor rises. The old ways are bleeding out-and with them, everything once sacred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFar from the capital, in the shadow of a forgotten lake, lies Kasumigaura, a village where the world still breathes in sword strokes and silence. It's here the Hayashi sisters are raised-not as ornaments, but as weapons. Trained in war. Schooled in honor. Bound in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSumiko, the eldest, speaks only with her eyes and her blade.\u003cbr\u003eMisako, the middle, burns with unyielding fire.\u003cbr\u003eAiko, the youngest, walks softly but never blindly. Every step is deliberate. Every arrow, a decision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir father, once a retainer of Aizu, turned his back on politics to raise them in peace. But history doesn't care about peace-and neither does war. When men in imperial uniforms arrive under false pretenses, steel unsheathes. By morning, Kasumigaura burns. And Aiko is gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is the breaking of everything they believed in.\u003cbr\u003eA search becomes a reckoning.\u003cbr\u003eHonor turns to vengeance.\u003cbr\u003eAnd the sisters-once daughters of a hidden samurai-are forced to choose between what they were taught and what must now be done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumiko Nakano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232872007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumiko Nakano Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sumiko Nakano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447104155903,"sku":"9798232872007","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_837c62ff-8359-4383-85eb-3f183cd77e39.jpg?v=1777228849","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-birth-of-steel-and-sumiko-nakano-9798232872007","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}