A new generation, a relentless enmity.
As a boy, Arai Sunaomi was known as the Miracle Child and crossed
between the worlds to walk among the dead. Now he has put aside his past
to follow the way of the warrior. His aunt, Kaede, is considering making
him her heir, and her General, Miyoshi Kahei, hopes to betroth Sunaomi
to his daughter, Kinu. But there is one girl whom Sunaomi cannot
forget - Utahime, who has been dead for seven years. Will he dare bring
her back to life?
Utahime's brother, Masao, is Sunaomi's oldest friend and the only
surviving relative of the great warlord Saga Hideki. When Masao
disappears after a fight in the city, Sunaomi is charged with finding
him. With his cousins Kiyoko and Kichizo, sibling assassins from the
Tribe, Sunaomi sets out on a journey which will take him into an
enthralling and dangerous world of spirits and supernatural beings,
rebels, pirates and saints - the extraordinary and enchanting world of
the Tales of the Otori.