Autumn Bridge
 

Autumn Bridge

by Takashi Matsuoka

The year is 1311, in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle, a beautiful woman watches from the window as the city is set alight and a mob runs riot destroying everything they can lay their hands on. She begins to write down the events unfolding around her and the secret history of the Okumichi Clan. Six centuries later the lost scrolls fall into the hands of American missionary Emily... (read more)

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THE AUTUMN BRDIGE by Takashi Matsuaka In 1311 Lady Shizuka visits Lord Kiyori in the highest tower of Cloud of Sparrows Castle in Japan. The odd thing is Kiyori lives in 1860. The Autumn Bridge is a complex story with a very convoluted plot. It takes place in 1311, 1860, 1882, 1867, 1308, 1862, 1281, and 1291, in Mushindo Abbey, Tokyo, San Francisco, Quiet Crane Palace, Edo, and Cloud of Sparrows Castle. Lady Shizuka is a sorceress born of a long line of sorceresses. Her gift, or...

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