Introduction: Asako has always been hidden鈥攂orn into Edo鈥檚 outcast village, she was never meant to rise above her station. But when a samurai鈥檚 blade shatters her family, she is torn from everything she knows and sold into a life of servitude. She is beaten down and broken but at her lowest moment, she makes a choice that changes everything.Now, Asako must navigate a world that was never meant for her, uncovering hidden strengths and unexpected allies. As she claws her way forward, she finds herself on a path that leads back to the past she can鈥檛 escape鈥攁nd to the vengeance she can鈥檛 ignore.Set in the early years of the Edo Period, The Blood on the Sword is a gripping tale of survival, resilience, and reckoning in a time when peace was bought with blood....