Author Kei Swanson

The time is fifteenth century Japan where a central seat of government is perilous at best. Civil wars rage through the country, local warlords fighting other warlords to attain the position of supreme military advisor to the Emperor. It is time of men and martial matters.

Thrown into the mix by fate, is a barbarian woman, a girl of 16 from the land of the West. With Aderyn Aquilla’s arrival, change comes to both the island of Kyushu and the daimyo of the Satsuma Provinces. Change that will bring war and peace to Nihon over several lifetimes.

THE SANEMATSU SAGA is the story of Aderyn, her lover, Lord Sanematsu Yoshihide, and the product of their love, Sanematsu Washi. It is the story of a man and a woman with dreams for the generations to come and a country destroying itself and its future. One man’s desire for love sets the course that only those to follow can complete.

SEABIRD OF SANEMATSU is the beginning. Aderyn discovers her heart when she meets Sanematsu Yoshihide. The young daimyo must fight custom and culture to allow his heart to lead him. Love is a mystery to Nihon and the young woman from the West teaches the feudal lord to see beyond convention to live a life of his own.

SEASON OF SANEMATSU is the continuation. Lord Sanematsu sets his sights on the seat of power but the road is dangerous. With a barbarian at his side for love and guidance, he bucks authority, making rules of his own. A violent end leads to a new beginning.

SWORD OF SANEMATSU is the end. Set on the path of her father’s dreams, Sanematsu Washi hides the secret of her birth and her sex to succeed in a man’s world. Yet her woman’s heart may be her undoing.

The Sanematsu Saga is set for release by Zumaya Publications from 2006-2007. The trilogy is a labor of love for me and gives me the opportunity to share my deep respect for the Samurai with readers.

Seabird Of Sanematsu

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Aderyn Aquilla, a sixteen year-old of Welsh Portuguese decent, is stranded on the island of Kyushu in 1490 Japan. Scared and alone, she used her wits and her knowledge of Japanese to make friends with her captors.

Sanematsu Yoshihide is the samurai lord of Nishikata, is tired of war, having see too much in twenty-fives years of life. When the strange foreign girl arrived on the coast of his domain, he protected her as an interesting distraction.

Little did either know they would fall in love and have to fight the whole of Japan to remain together.

Season Of Sanematsu

Aderyn Aquilla is finally back where she belongs. At the side of Lord Sanematsu Yoshihide. Now joined with the daimyo of the Satsuma provinces, she faces the obligation of providing an heir. She also finds herself in the position to help her husband govern his domain, an upsetting notion to the male dominated society of Japan.

Sanematsu Yoshihide finds strength and support in the love of his seabird, a woman he now called Ko-tori. But he also fears the danger joining with a barbarian will cause.

Still, he forges on with his long-term plans, all based on the product of her womb.

Can Ko-Tori and Sanematsu survive the discord their joining has caused? Will Ko-tori succeed in giving her lover the heir he sought since the age of 15? Can Lord Sanematsu’s strategies bring peace to the Satsuma Provinces and Japan?

Only their love and strength will carry them through the SEASON OF SANEMATSU.

Sword Of Sanematsu

Sanematsu Washi is embarking on a dangerous journey. One her father set her upon the moment he ripped her from her mother’s womb. Sent into seclusion, she has spent 16 years growing into manhood. These years have been filled with instruction from the warrior monks in the areas of classic Chinese literature, poetry, government, martial arts and how to act as a man. Now, she is ready to fulfill her father’s plan and her destiny.

Lord Sanematsu Yoshihide has brought Japan together in

peace, settling the numerous civil wars over his heir’s lifetime. Now he’s poised to place her on the throne of Shogun, a place never occupied by a woman.

Thus Washi must guard the secret of her sex. All of Japan knows her as male, another samurai in their midst. But as she matures, Washi discovers her woman’s heart. Can she survive the dilemma of her birth and station? Does she desire to be the fulfillment of her father’s destiny?

Will she survive the assault of her father’s enemies to take the position of Supreme Commander of the Emperor’s forces? Or will her heart lead her to revealing her identity to the man she comes to love?

Lord Sanematsu Washi, samurai, Shogun, woman—the SWORD OF SANEMATSU.

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