Ito Takayasu, now dead, never stood a chance against an army as ruthless and unafraid of death as the demons.

His son, Emperor Ito Kaito, is barely ten, and Chiyo would be willing to bet all of her money that he is nothing more than a puppet. Kaito lives in Edo, but the true leader of Japan is in Kyoto. The whole city is loyal to her. The Demon Shogun. General Tora. Traitors, Chiyo thinks as they pass smiling humans leaving the city.

Chiyo’s father was a gunman for hire during the war.

She knows firsthand bullets don’t stop demons.