Tokyo, 2017. The spark of magic is fading slowly from the empire of the rising sun, but the powerful Samurai families still manage to hold Japan in their iron grip. When Yukiko Nagakura's ex-lover is murdered she is driven to hunt the killers. Navigating the dangerous games played by the ruling clans, every clue brings her closer to a truth in direct conflict with the Samurai's code of honour. Clouded by her own grief and anger, Yukiko's attempt to unravel the conspiracy around the murder threatens to drown her. Soon, with tradition weighing around her own neck, Yukiko must decide what justice is worth, and then survive long enough to see the mystery to its disturbing end. The Samurai is a mystery novel set in an alternate Japan where the Samurai families rule continues into modern nights, and traces of magic lash the land.