'A herculean achievement . . . strong plot and strong characterisation' The Times It is 1862
and Japan is a land in chaos as the power of the Shogun wanes and the rival factions plan to
restore the Emperor. In Yokohama the gai-jin the hated foreigners seek to profit from the
chaos. At the head of the Noble House - and heir to the title of Tai-Pan - stands Malcolm
Struan who is determined to become his own man and marry the woman he loves. At the head of
the Shogunate party is the Lord Yoshi a direct descendant of Shogun Toranaga who shares all
of his ancestor's cunning and ambition. 'A passionate portrait of suffering . . . a strange and
gripping tale of a nation's deflowerment' Mail on Sunday
