The battle with the Dread Viscount rages on-but so does the siege of Breda! When Issak comes into possession of a new cannon meant to relieve the siege, he knows he must not let it fall into enemy hands, but he and his friends can't protect the gun. Instead, he comes up with an audacious plan so that the weapon can serve its purpose…whether it's in one piece or not! As the battle ebbs and flows, it becomes clear that the Viscount will hold the upper hand so long as he has the fortress of H...

With the Spanish siege of Breda underway, the fate of the Dutch defenders-and the whole war-hinges on keeping their supply lines open. Determined to aid their allies, Issak and Prince Heinrich set their eyes on the pivotal river fortress of Heusden, from which the ruthless Dread Viscount is slowly choking off the Dutch canal network. But when they come face to face with him and his pitiless men, hardened in their campaigns on the eastern frontier, the two quickly find themselves outmaneuve...

Anno Domini 1620. Europe is riven with the conflagrations that will grow into the Thirty Years War. Catholic and Protestant forces clash across battlefields ruled by sword and gunpowder alike, and mercenaries of every stripe ply their trade. Among them is Issak, a lone Japanese warrior bearing a matchlock of strange design, and fighting in service to his sworn mission-to find and kill the man who murdered his master and fled Japan for the other side of the world. Meticulously researched an...

(Volume 1) Haruka Touyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilites. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations that would use her power for their own profits. After she is taken from her family, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape her captors and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka's powers have not led ...

Issak and Prince Heinrich's gambit may have worked, but the reprieve is short-lived. Crown Prince Alfonso's mercenary forces, led by an Ambrogio Spinola seemingly back from the dead, have issued an ultimatum to the nearby city of Rosenheim: cut off all resupply to Castle Fuchsburg-dooming it for certain-or be destroyed. Leaving his men to defend Fuchsburg, Prince Heinrich and Issak travel to Rosenheim to lead its small garrison as the city braces for a siege. There, Issak must survive a br...

Through a bold plan and sheer tenacity, Issak and the defenders of Rosenheim managed to hold out long enough for reinforcements to arrive. But there are sacrifices; among the many felled is the loyal Captain Bormann. Unbeknownst to them, the Spanish have also suffered a great loss-Lorenzo has murdered the crown prince and is lost in the wind, leaving their forces in disarray. When Prince Heinrich is ambushed by Spinola's forces on his return to Castle Fuchsburg, Issak races to rescue him. ...

Haruka Touyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilites. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations that would use her power for their own profits. After she is taken from her family, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape her captors and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka's powers have not led her wrong. ...

After Issak puts a bullet through the eye of Spinola's gunnery commander, the Spanish cannons stop finding their mark. The defenders are elated, but their reprieve is a short-lived one. Spinola dramatically increases the length and ferocity of the cannonade in response-accuracy be damned. Under the relentless barrage that grinds on from dawn till dusk, it's only a matter of time before the fortress walls are pulverized into dust…that is, if the minds of the men within them don't go first. ...

Pinned down in the fortress of Jülich by Lorenzo and his vanguard of elite marksmen, Issak and his Dutch allies can do little but wait for the Spanish army to arrive and crush them. Spurred by Zetta's prediction of a moonless night, they embark on a desperate gambit to construct forward fortifications under the cover of darkness. But with the work proceeding slowly and the approaching dawn certain to leave them sitting ducks, Issak decides to roll the dice-racing forward at first light und...

In hopes of finding Lorenzo and his master's guns, Issak and Zetta head for the Dutch city of Leiden, home to a skilled Japanese translator. If Lorenzo is to make more of his master's guns, he will need to have his instructions translated for the local smiths, and Issak intends to be there when he comes calling. But while sheltering from the rain on the outskirts of the city, they hear an ominous story about the arrival of a mysterious stranger some weeks back-a stranger with one leg, and ...

Haruka Touyama is a twelve-year-old girl with incredible precognitive abilites. But her accuracy in predicting the future has made her a target for any number of greedy corporations that would use her power for their own profits. After she is taken from her family, Haruka uses her gift to seek out someone who can help her escape her captors and fixes upon a blind man making his way through the busy streets of Tokyo. Though it may seem an odd choice, Haruka's powers have not led her wrong. ...

Caught in Wallenstein's brilliantly laid trap, the protestant army is destroyed. Issak barely escapes the carnage, but not before he loses his master's gun to Lorenzo. Demoralized and believing his allies to be dead, he's surprised to come across Elisabeth and Claus outside of town. When he learns from them that Prince Heinrich survived the rout and is being held prisoner by Wallenstein, they quickly hatch a plan to rescue him. But it will take more than a clever ruse to outmaneuver the cu...