Usagi Yojimbo Volume 21: The Mother of Mountains (Usagi Yojimbo, 21)

About this book

The discovery of gold ignites a struggle of striking proportions as a power-mad tyrants lust for wealth threatens to destroy not only Usagi Yojimbo and his companion Tomoe but an entire innocent village! When plague strikes a border town in the mountains of the Geishu Province Lord Noriyuki sends his loyal bodyguard Tomoe to investigate. Once there she and her retinue discover a truth far more terrible. Meanwhile back at the castle the sycophantic Lord Horikawa sets in motion a plot to eliminate Tomoe his own way. Only the rabbit ronin Usagi could extricate a friend from a predicament this perilous-if he hadnt ended up landing in the same one himself! Usagi and Tomoe must use every ounce of skill and wit if they are to survive "The Mother of Mountains " an adventure in the spirit of the award-winning epic "Grasscutter" by internationally celebrated storyteller Stan Sakai!