Kunoichi Companion Tales

Not all assassins wear black Some come wearing silk A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems. And teaches him what a warrior truly can be. This is the second of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler's historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale: White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her...

When eternity comes to visit A Hōjō commander is delighted when two pretty young shrine maidens enter his camp on the evening before a battle. Perhaps he shouldn't have been. A Risuko prequel story showing Mieko and Kuniko on a mission — at their sweetest and at their most deadly. Preview: Sugi wasn't given to fancies. He was a good Buddhist; the old gods and spirits had never interested him...

Assassination. Espionage. Theft. Across the ages, the headmistresses of three very unusual schools (along with their very unusual students) share a meal. Lady Mochizuki Chiyome plays host to two of the only women who can understand why she teaches young women to do very unladylike things. Like her, Locusta the Poisoner and Ma Mandelbaum run schools for very particular students gifted with very...

Mochizuki Chiyome wants someone dead And someone wants to serve her At a banquet to celebrate a new alliance, Chiyome contemplates murder, and discovers a new servant. This is the third of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler's historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (amzn.com/B01FPWWCNA) White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young...