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    Silk & Service: A Polite Assassin
    Silk & Service: A Polite Assassin
    Silk & Service: A Polite Assassin
    Audiobook14 minutes

    Silk & Service: A Polite Assassin

    Written by David Kudler

    Narrated by David Kudler

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    About this audiobook

    Not all assassins wear black



    Some come wearing silk




    A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems. And teaches him what a warrior truly can be.







    This is the second of six Kunoichi Companion Tales, prequel stories to David Kudler’s historical novel Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale (amzn.com/B01FPWWCNA)






    • White Robes — Mired in her own grief, Lady Mochizuki Chiyome encounters two young women who give her a whole new, much more interesting opportunity






    • Silk & Service — A young Takeda warrior meets a servant who is much more than she seems (coming soon!)






    • Ghost — When Lady Chiyome receives a note from the sh?gun, she finds that the messenger is much more intriguing than the message






    • Shining Boy — Plucked off of the streets of the capital, an orphan girl tries to figure out what story she's wandered into






    • Blade — Toumi doesn't want anyone messing with her business






    • Little Brother — Returning to the monastery turns out to be as hard as leaving it was






    Extract:



    “Get my purse, boy!” growled Captain Oniyama, “And more sake!”



    Masugu watches the girl appear as if from out of the floor to pour the rice wine into the captain's cup: smooth gait, smooth hair, smooth—



    “Boy! My purse!”



    Masugu shakes himself, blushing, and leaps to his feet. “Yes, Oniyama-sama!”



    The captain is usually patient and polite, but at these regular mahjong games with the other Imagawa commanders, he drinks. And Masugu doesn't like being around him when he's drunk. Doesn't like watching him lose at games.



    Also, the girl...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthor's Republic
    Release dateJul 20, 2017
    ISBN9781518961960
    Silk & Service: A Polite Assassin
    Author

    David Kudler

    David Kudler is a writer and editor living just north of the Golden Gate Bridge with his wife Maura Vaughn and their daughters. And their cat. And many guppies.He serves as the publisher of Stillpoint Digital Press. Since 1999, he has overseen the publications program for the Joseph Campbell Foundation. He has edited three posthumous volumes of Campbell's unpublished writing and lectures and overseen editions of nine additional print titles, the most recent being the third edition of the seminal Hero with a Thousand Faces. In addition, he has shepherded the creation of nearly twenty hours of video and over thirty hours of audio recordings. Of late, much of his focus has been creating new ebook editions of Campbell's classic titles.His novel Risuko is a young adult historical adventure novel (whew! lots of qualifications on that!) set in Japan during the Civil War era.He's a passionate reader of mysteries, fantasy and whatever else he can get his hands on. He is a story addict.

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