Queen Yamato, with Kumaso by her side, leads an army of puppets against the empire of Amamikado while Queen Miyazu searches for another holy sword, along with Izumo and Oguna, in hopes of stopping the demonic power of the Sword of Kusanagi.
Izumo, Kumaso, and Oguna's attempts to help protect the Sword of Susanoh from the marauding empire of Amamikado are sabotaged by one of Jagara's three queens, who sneaks the enemy into the palace.
The heroic young d'Artagnan and his noble compatriots Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are pitted against the master of intrigue, Cardinal Richelieu, and the quintessential wicked woman, Lady de Winter.
cultural icons of a nation : the history, metallurgy and iconography of the samurai sword
Roach, C. M
Explores the history, development, and spiritual symbolism of Japanese swords, examines the metallurgical techniques used to make them, discusses the art of swordsmanship, and includes detailed illustrations.
The warrior Rey Yan, who is bound to a demonic blade, studies with a master to control his weapon, knowing that this is his only chance to defeat the emperor, who has his own cursed sword, but he does not realize how much power evil has over him.
Jack encounters a band of ninjas in Japan who have stolen priceless treasures, including an ancient samurai sword, and it is up to Jack to defeat the game before all is lost.
Odo is the seventh son of the village miller and he just wants to get away from work for awhile, Eleanor's mother was a soldier, and she yearns for adventure, but it is Odo who finds the magic talking sword named Biter, and thereby instantly becomes a knight--and together they set out on a quest (somewhat reluctantly on Odo's part) to save their kingdom from threats both human and dragon.
Odo and Eleanor are excited to be knights. Only nobody's asking them to go on a quest. So they're stuck at home, using their trusty and talkative swords to defend their village when there's cause for defense. But mostly it's just waiting for something bigger to come along. That "something bigger" comes to them in the form of an old man named Edga, a warrior named Hundred, and an ancient chant.
"Before Arthur commanded a round table of legendary knights in Camelot, he was simply a young squire with dreams of becoming a great knight himself. Arthur lived during a time when Britain was without a ruler, but fate would quickly draw him into the middle of a grand search for the next king--a search that involved a sword famously set in stone"--Dust jacket.
"At the flea market nine-and-a-half-year-old Chase and his younger sister Ava acquire an old suitcase filled with rows of carefully packed strange objects, and when they handle one of the objects (a dragon-headed doorknob) they find themselves in King Arthur's castle, on a mission to save the King--and pursued by a strange man whom they first saw at the flea market, who is after their suitcase"--Provided by publisher.
