Review: I got hooked on this free book and bought the next in the series
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 1, 2012
I really liked this book, it was well written and it kept me interested enough to purchase book 2 of the Hollow Reed series. (Book 2 is Unsheathed Swords). I have a Japanese daughter-in-law and have visited Japan twice, and am sure I enjoyed the book more due to that.  I love the country of Japan.  The only problem is that the characters are hard to keep straight due to the strangeness of the Japanese names as opposed to the American names we are familiar with in this country.  But with the search feature of the Kindle ap on my phone, it was pretty easy to search for the first time a name appears in the story and then you realize who the character is.  I would definitely recommend this book, especially to anyone familiar with Japan.  I have a feeling I will end up reading the entire series if book 2 is as good as book 1 was!