About the book: year / As a child he was kidnapped by pirates and sold to a Japanese prince. He could become a powerless slave or a joy for bored aristocrats. And the master raised a skilled warrior and a loyal samurai from a European boy. A descendant of French nobles said goodbye forever to his dream of leaving the Land of Long Bows and seeing his mother and younger sister again. However, fate is unpredictable. Hiding from the shogun's wrath and saving the young princess, Ihara Kasen will return to France, become Christian de Brione again, and find his loved ones. But can a young man brought up in strict Japanese rules take his rightful place at the court of Louis XIV, where luxury and free morals reign, where his military skills are used to entertain the crowd, and where he himself is a strange stranger?.