{"product_id":"the-broken-oath-sumiko-nakano-9798232065577","title":"The Broken Oath","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdo, 1868. The empire is bleeding. So are the lies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter killing a man they weren't supposed to and fleeing the political firestorm in Aizu, the Hayashi sisters arrive in Edo under cover of silence. But the capital is no sanctuary. It's a city dressed in ceremony, rotting underneath. Foreigners haunt the docks. Spies poison the palaces. And everyone smiles as they sharpen their blades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSumiko, Misako, and Aiko didn't come to play diplomat. They came to uncover the truth behind their father's death-and drag it, kicking and screaming, into the light. But truth has a price in Edo. And someone's already decided the sisters are worth more dead than dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey carry no clan banner. No daimyō protects them. What they have are each other, a few blades, and the memory of the man whose murder was rewritten as sacrifice. Every answer leads deeper into the rot-into crumbling mansions, forbidden letters, foreign whispers, and betrayals old enough to wear new faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdo stands between two worlds: one foot in feudal tradition, the other drowning in politics and guns. Honor is just a word people use when they want you to die quietly. And for women-especially armed ones-there's no safe ground. Only expectations to break.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a war of nations. It's a war of ghosts. Of legacies. Of sisters who refuse to kneel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is burning-and these women came with oil. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers aged 14 and up - no upper limit.\u003cbr\u003eSome stories aren't bound by numbers. They're forged in silence, scars, and the will to endure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sumiko Nakano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232065577\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 526\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.06d","brand":"Sumiko Nakano","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47965995860223,"sku":"9798232065577","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e687aad-bc37-45d9-be92-5f66f49f4ed7.jpg?v=1767286215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-broken-oath-sumiko-nakano-9798232065577","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}