The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)
Chris Bradford
Language: English
Pages: 196
ISBN: 0141332557
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Book VI of Young Samurai
Jack Fletcher faces his toughest challenge yet. After a snowstorm forces him to take shelter, Jack comes across a village in need of protection from raiding mountain bandits. Torn between moving on or helping, Jack is persuaded to stay and fight the villagers' cause. But Jack is the first and only samurai to do so.
Now he must enlist other warriors to the villagers' aid before the bandits return to steal their harvest. No easy task when the reward is so little and he is a foreigner. If only he had his friends to call on... Using the Ring of Fire, can Jack overpower the bandits and win?
The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)
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The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)
The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)
The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)
Arrogant child! I’ll teach you your place,’ he said, waving a fist in the boy’s face. The boy didn’t flinch. ‘I welcome a challenge.’ ‘Then we’ll double the target distance and put it on water,’ snapped the samurai. ‘Best of two arrows.’ The boy coolly bowed his acceptance and the crowd buzzed with excitement at this unprecedented development. The official ordered a porter to move a target on to a boat and row it out into the middle of the river. A path was cleared from the veranda to the.
Sacrifice for them. He stood beside Miyuki in grief-stricken silence, too shocked to know what to do next. ‘We should go … before it comes back,’ said Sora, nervously scanning the bushes. ‘We can’t just leave her –’ said Jack, but stopped mid-sentence as he saw two cat-like eyes peer at him from a hole in a tree. ‘Neko!’ he exclaimed as she emerged from her hiding place, grinning victoriously. Using the hand signs Miyuki had taught him, Jack asked, Are you OK? Neko nodded, having only.
Bandit leader’s malevolent presence dominated the room and he gazed upon the proceedings with the predatory glare of a killer shark. Jack noticed the bandits never looked directly at their leader and always kept a wary distance. Akuma snapped his fingers and a girl appeared, bearing food and a pot of sencha. Bowing low, her eyes averted, she poured out a measure of green tea and handed him the cup. Without even tasting it, he said, ‘The tea’s cold!’ ‘But I just made it –’ Akuma brutally.
Passed across his face at seeing her free. Then he noticed the cloud of smoke filling the bunkhouse. Throwing the girl off, he jumped to his feet and roared, ‘FIRE! FIRE!’ 35 FIRE FIGHT Chaos reigned as the bandits awoke and scrambled for the door in panic. A few didn’t rise at all, having already succumbed to the toxic fumes. The rest barged one another out of the way in a bid to escape first. Jack dived back into the bunkhouse to rescue the girl. He forced his way against the.
Rides with others.’ ‘How many?’ ‘Forty or so bandits.’ 5 SEVEN SAMURAI Jack didn’t know whether to laugh or run for his life. ‘Even the greatest samurai couldn’t defeat so many!’ ‘I told you, Yoshi,’ said Junichi. ‘It’s futile. We should just hand our rice to Akuma. Get it over and done with.’ Yoshi ignored him, asking Jack, ‘Then how many do you need?’ ‘Against forty?’ Jack couldn’t believe he was even contemplating the prospect. He thought back to his warrior training and the.