John Aarons is a college student from Wright University (Dayton, Ohio) and is majoring in Asian Studies, with a minor in Japanese Feudal History.  This term, he’s studying the Edo Period and is going on a field trip to Kagoshima, Japan to visit some old monuments and monasteries.  While at one of the monasteries, he stumbles upon a very old scroll.  When he gets it back to his hotel room and opens it, he’s shocked to find himself reading about a 16th century lord named Mitsui Hamada--a woman!

    Except there were no female feudal lords in 16th century Japan.
    At the end of the scroll, he finds a reference to another scroll--the next in what appears to be a series.  His decision to find the next one leads him on a journey across Japan, then across The Yellow Sea into China and back to Japan again.
    Each scroll reveals secrets more incredible than the last--but none more incredible than the fact that there were vampires in 16th century feudal Japan!
    But, what John Aarons doesn't know is, there are even more incredible secrets still to come . . .