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Title: Thousand Shrine Warrior

Author: Jessica Amanda Salmonson

Narrator: Allison Hiroto

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-26-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Tomoe turns to religion to escape her past, but destiny is not through with her yet.

The young girl crashes through the underbrush, desperate to escape the cackling soldiers at her back. After catching her in a tryst with a local farmboy, they intend to execute her for her sin. She runs for as long as she can, finally collapsing outside a shrine where a traveling nun sits with her flute. When the soldiers arrive, the nun sets her flute aside, drawing a legendary sword. She kills the men easily and sets the young girl free. Though she tried to avoid it, Tomoe Gozen has shed blood once again.

After countless battles and endless wandering, this legendary samurai has renounced Bushido and taken the oaths of a wandering nun. But though she disguises herself as a mendicant, trouble will find her still. Tomoe must engage in one last fight - this time for the sake of her soul.

Members Reviews:

Fantastic Read, love it.

Great Book! If you love Samurai stories, this is a wonderful entertainment. Tomoe was a real warrior, it gives an account of the era and what it must have been like to travel the long road.

Remarkable that this series is not widely known.

I found the first book of this trilogy (Tomeoe Gozen) at a library sale, and was captivated. Everything about it; from the unique character, to the inventive alternative Japan, to the elegant writing style, to the unbelievable amount of sheer STORY packed into the first 66 pages, was remarkable.

Not easy to find the rest of the out-of-print series, but wonderfully rewarding. Very involved storytelling, complex and somehow very Japanese. And I can say that the heroine, Tomoe Gozen, starts out a complete original and is uniquely transformed by her (frequently awful) experiences, right up to the heart-wrenching final scenes of the last book. Be warned, though: happy endings, dreams fullfilled, walking towards a sunset hand-in-hand towards some happily-ever-after future...not prominently featured. Tomoe Gozen is, throughout, a tragic figure

I cannot recommend this highly enough to fans of fantasy, samurai stories, excellent writing, sword fighting, mythic adventure and japanophiles in general.

A strong ending to the Tomoe Gozen Saga.

Thousand Shrine Warrior (The Tomoe Gozen Saga Book 3)Jessica Amanda Salmonson finishes the Tomoe Gozen saga much stronger than it started off. Tomoe is a 'free' woman in that she's a nun now, one who worships the 'Thousand Shrines' and through that, can visit almost any shrine and find welcome.

This saga wraps up with a novel length tale, unlike previous volumes that were shorter stories joined by longer themes. The land of Naippon is one that is not as wracked by war as it has been in previous novels, but this brings its own problems such as poorly disciplined samurai and samurai who takes jobs that would normally be beneath them.

The supernatural elements are in full swing this time around too with threads of destiny and ancestry tying Tomoe to one of the villains of this tale, Kuro the Darkness.

Thousand Shrine Warrior #3 in Tomoe Gozen Saga

Thousand Shrine Warrior: Third Novel in the Tomoe Gozen Saga -by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

I don't remember reading this third and last book in the series. I remembered the first two books, in fact I mentioned it was a bit like meeting up with her high school BFF and catching up on the gossip. But this story was entirely new.