Edo Blood by Don McCann
When a present-day student, on a field trip to Kagoshima, Japan, found an ancient scroll in an abandoned monastery, he unlocked a dark secret that had lain hidden for over 1400 years. As he followed what turned out to be a trail of scrolls all across Japan and China and back, he was shocked to find himself reading about a 16th century feudal lord named Mitsui Hamada—a woman!Except there were no female feudal lords in 16th century Japan.Mitsui’s dark history began with a vow of vengeance, then faded into a sweet promise of love. But that promise was torn asunder…