Is the Ronan a monster of evil or is he a victim struggling violently to escape his hellish torment? Is the beautiful woman whom he violates a helpless creature to be pitied or a contentious who uses her sexuality to enslave and destroy? Is her son who vows to venture Honor on Noble human instrument of Justice or figure far more Savage than the man he hunts? Against the Vivid background of an ancient Japan with the plot of a hard edged action and spellbind and suspense, that ever shifted nature of Good and Evil and the many side realities of the human soul are exploited in one of the most remarkable novels of our times