The year is A.D. 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak a lone Japanese warrior wielding a matchlock gun of strange design on a sworn mission to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world. This historical action manga follows a Japanese warrior's journey to Europe in search of vengeance at the height of the Thirty Years' War. Vinland Saga meets Shogun in this American Manga Awards-nominated masterwork. Suitable for secondary schools and libraries. Great for readers of Vinland Saga. Pages - 384.