The Ronin's Mistress

"Masterful." --"Publishers Weekly" (starred review) on "The Cloud Pavilion ""An exercise in pure entertainment." --"The Washington Post "on" The Fire Kimono ""[Rowland's] Japan is a mix of Kabuki theater-like stylized formality, palace intrigue, and physical action that would do a martial arts movie proud." --"The New Orleans Times-Picayune" on "The Snow Empress ""Sano may carry a sword and wear a kimono, but you'll immediately recognize him as an ancestor of Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade." "--The Denver Post"