Gunfire Samurai

Book excerpt: Should a hero take a mission that he knows he might not be able to complete? After the Saduat Crusade delivered Death's Terrible Twin to the front doors of an already declining empire, it starts spreading its nasty tentacles across the realm at a ferocious pace. Hundreds of thousands are already dead. Millions go into hiding. Their leaders and the military are worthless as pandemonium stalks the night. A desperate Lord Hayato and the High Council inspires their young Emperor Yamamomo to act before it's too late. They summon their only hope; Mikasa Yamakazi, a covert agent of the crown. Mikasa is well-known for his unusual and effective combat tactics. His primary mission is to search for and destroy the Saduats and find Death's Terrible Twin. But an underground agenda may disrupt the mission soon after it began. And concealed behind a wall of anonymity are legions of men with uncertain loyalties. In a single night, Mikasa had lost his entire family to the crusade. He had wished to be with them. And though he's a seasoned samurai, he may prove to be ill-equipped for saving his people. He'd ingested a fatal dose of Milk of the Earth before he took the mission. There's no going back. The clock is now ticking... Mikasa makes a quick visit to the Temple of the Queen of Solitude for afterlife guidance. But he runs into a terrifying new reality instead. On the run and armed with the Broken Sword of Daudane, he heads south with the resolution of a hungry beast. But he also carries an even darker secret that will threaten to derail his last mission at every turn. And if he cannot control the mounting issues of a slow, agonizing death, or temper his thirst for bloody revenge, the fallout will not only be his untimely departure from the world of the living, but that of the millions more he leaves behind. ... ... FOR MORE INFORMATION, visit the author's website at seanbela.com ... ... ...