Tokuma Nishioka

Toranaga’s defeated clan moves to Edo and awaits their fate. Blackthorne must decide who he fights for – the lord who has turned his back on him, or the ambition…

Outplayed by new alliances in Osaka, Toranaga is forced to carve out a new deal with a long lost family member.

Lady Ochiba returns to Osaka in order to accelerate the Regents’ campaign against Toranaga. In Ajiro, Toranaga tests Mariko’s loyalty to his cause.

After Blackthorne survives a brazen assassination attempt, Toranaga realizes he must ferry his allies out of Osaka or risk certain defeat.

Blackthorne’s arrival in Osaka stirs up a hornet’s nest of rivalries. Mariko is trapped between her cause and her faith when she must translate for the barbarian in Lord Toranaga’s…

Destinies converge in Japan after a barbarian ship washes ashore in a poor fishing village. Meanwhile, in Osaka, Lord Toranaga finds himself outplayed by his enemies.