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Title: The Disfavored Hero, Book One of the Tomoe Gozen Saga
Author: Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Illustrator: Wendy Adrian Wees
Pages: 224
Size: 6" x 9"
Binding: Smyth sewn hardback.
Special Limited edition of under 600 copies, signed and numbered by author and artist.
Price: $49.95
ISBN: 1-890065-05-6
Bar Code: Yes, inside dust jacket
Binding: Perfectbound Lay-Flat Paperback
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 1-890065-06-4
Bar Code: Yes
Description:
The Disfavored Hero, Book One of the Tomoe Gozen Saga, is a fantastic tale of a female Samurai general and folk hero who lived, and fought, during the Gempei War period-1180AD through 1185AD.
During this famous war, between the Minamoto Family and the Taira House, Tomoe Gozen fought along side her husband Kiso Yoshinaka, the Rising Sun General. While Yoshinaka and Tomoe's brother Imai Kanchira both died in 1184 near Awazu, Tomoe went on to become the subject of legends, plays, and poems for hundreds of years after. Even today Tomoe is celebrated as a folk hero during Japanese festivals and has inspired comic books and cartoon characters.
Our Tomoe Gozen lives in Naipon, a universe parallel to Japan, where one encounters the full spectrum of beauty and violence-experiencing firsthand the pathos of all things, and where "occult happenings were the meat of everyday life". Jessica Salmonson has blended historical accounts with Japanese folk tales of heroes, heroines, and the supernatural to weave a story truly worthy of the Tomoe Gozen legend.
The Tomoe Gozen Saga is a passionate tale that, once begun, demands nothing short of the reader's soul. After, one will never again see the world in quite the same way.
Originally titled "Tomoe Gozen" by ACE paperbacks, this is the restored and definitive edition of The Disfavored Hero with corrections by the author.
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson has published novels, short stories, and poems, chiefly in the area of the fantastic. Previous books include The Encyclopedia of Amazons, What Did Miss Darrington See?, The Eleventh Jaguarundi, A Silver Thread of Madness, The Swordswoman, and the anthologies Amazons! and Heroic Visions. Jessica is a recipient of the World Fantasy Award, Readercon Award, and Lambda Award. She lives in Seattle with her sweety and their pet rats and fire salamanders.
Jessica wrote the Tomoe Gozen Saga after years of research and attending, with her close friend Wendy Wees, a nearly unbelievable number of Samurai movies-four every week for a decade.
When she is not writing or editing Jessica frequents used bookstores searching for the "antiquarian supernatural, fantasy, and mysterious literatures" that are her passion.
Jessica's Web Site |
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Wendy Adrian Wees was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri where she received a BA in Art and Art Education from Webster University. She taught art to grades K through 8 at a private school in St. Louis before moving to Seattle.
In the early 1980's Wendy immersed herself in Japanese and Asian culture after which she drew the original line drawings for the three volumes of the Tomoe Gozen Saga. Wendy was commissioned to produce original cover art for the definitive edition of The Disfavored Hero.
Today Wendy exhibits her work in the Seattle area and works at Kagedo Japanese Art Gallery. |
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