Oriental adventure with a fantasy twist. Legend of the Five Rings is full of high action and adventure, set in a mythical Eastern world. 'The Crane' continues the epic story begun in 'The Scorpion'. This series of novels chronicles the ongoing Clan War, a story told though the Legend of the Five Rings trading card game, as well as these popular books The Crane Clan champion has everything a young samurai could want - power, riches, glory, and honour - until he seeks an audience with the Scorpion empress, as beautiful as she is deadly. Thought a master of courtly politics, he loses everything.

The young Dragon warrior Hitomi seeks revenge against the slayer of her brother. In the ensuing duels, she loses her hand and becomes a pawn of the evil empress. Hitomi must battle her own wicked captors, and she and all of the armies of Rokugan converge on the capital city to liberate it from the Shadlowlands forces that have taken it over.