The Tales of the Otori does for medieval Japan what Game of Thrones
does for medieval Europe.
The bitter struggles of the Tribe and the clans have left many children
orphaned. Among them are Sunaomi and Chikara, sons of Arai Zenko, who
face death after their parents' treachery. Their aunt, Kaede, is able to
save their lives on the condition they become novice monks and never
leave the temple at Terayama.
Sunaomi has been brought up as a warrior, yet his grandmother is Muto
Shizuka. He cannot escape that he is also a child of the Tribe. As he
discovers unimagined talents within himself he comes up against Hisao,
Takeo's son, the ghostmaster, as well as Saga Hideki, the most powerful
warlord in the realm, the Emperor's General.
Taking place in the magical medieval world of Tales of the Otori,
Orphan Warriors is a coming-of-age adventure story in a human world of
courage and sacrifice behind which always hovers a supernatural world of
danger and dread.