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Title: The Disfavored Hero

Author: Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Narrator: Allison Hiroto

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Forced to betray her lord, a disgraced samurai fights to regain her honor

In the fabled land of Naipon, there is no warrior more feared, no samurai more respected than the legendary Tomoe Gozen. Her twin blades can change the course of any battle. After years of service to Lord Shigeno, she is about to renew her oath of loyalty when the sky darkens and a cry of rebellion comes from the hills. Possessed by an evil wizard, the peasants are marching against their master. Tomoe holds off the wave of pitchfork-wielding farmers for as long as she can. Finally the battle overwhelms her, and the greatest samurai in Naipon falls dead.

She awakes in hell, on a slope lined with bloody corpses. After an eternity of fighting, she reaches the summit and finds herself in the chamber of a wizard who restores her to life. She is alive - but now she must do his bidding. Her honor has been shattered, but Tomoe Gozen will do whatever it takes to win it back.

Members Reviews:

Great book

Great book! Great series.

Favored heroine and favored writer

This book transported me to another time and space. Visions and battles so beautifully described i visualized them and feel i know my favorite wonder woman, Tomoe, like a sister.

It was ok, but nothing spectacular.

The protagonist wasn't particularly likeable switching between overpowered Mary Sue and helpless baggage being dragged about by fate and duty. A bit of a letdown after reading Yamada Monogatori and falling in love with the genre.

A good read

I really liked this book. It's hard to find something in this genre so I was very happy to find this book. It's well written with good characters and a lot of action.

Good book about a female Japanese samurai based on a real person

Jessica Amanda Salmonson has written three earlier books about Tomoe Gozen, who was a real-life samurai during the Heiki wars of about 1185. Her novels are not exactly history but alternate reality because they take place in a country called Naipon which is modeled on Japan but not the real country. For one thing Japanese mythical creatures such as Tengu and Kappa are real in Naipon and interact with the characters. I've enjoyed all of the Tomoe Gozen books. (Tomoe Gozen is one of women warriors I include in a chapter on female warriors in one of my books. Some of the others include Ahhotep I from Egypt, Artemesia from Halicarnassus, Boudicca from England, Lozen a female Apache warrior, and Zenobia who ruled about half of the Roman Empire and came close to ruling all of it.)