The Adventures of Snow Fox & Sword Girl (Hoshimaruhon)

"Vivid and highly addictive" - the BBC The young Emperor Taliesin has been wearing a silver mask ever since he was a child. No one has ever seen his face. Is he really the Son of Heaven? Or a fox spirit in human form?Annoyed by rumors, the Emperor sets off on a quest to prove that he is really human. Only his personal bodyguard, the divine swordswoman Sei Shonagon, knows the truth. The Adventures of Snow Fox & Sword Girl is a sophisticated fairy tale in Kurosawa costumes. A wonderfully funny, sexy, swashbuckling romp through the familiar landscape of Chinese and Japanese swordfighting epics, stylishly delivered, as its opening credits promise, "in modern English and in full Technicolor". Rated R (Restricted) for Adult Themes. The first book of the Hoshimaruhon trilogy.