The bestselling first volume in this gripping series charts the rise of John Mung: rescued at fourteen and adopted by an American whaling captain, he is one of the first Japanese to see the world outside and become versed in the ways of the West. Yet his future lies in the country of his birth. As his emperor faces defeat at the violent hands of the Shogun, and as the American Navy led by Commander Perry appears on the horizon, only one man can unite the warring forces of East and West . . . 

In The Fall of the Shogun, Dov Silverman introduced us to the mystique of 19th-century Japan - a country of powerful and conflicting forces - and to John Mung, an extraordinary man who changed the course of his country's history.

Mung is now married to the wonderfully erotic Saiyo: loved by her and by his son, there is peace in his life. But in his country there is tension and bloodshed. The Black Dragon is sought.

Mung is The Black Dragon - the eyes and ears of his Emperor. A wise, enlightened man, he must attempt to lead his countrymen out of 250 years of isolation and towards the modern world - a world which his enemies would sooner see destroyed. And the sacred destiny of Japan, symbolised by a jewel, a sword and a mirror, lies in Mung's hands.

THE BLACK DRAGON

is a powerful saga of honour and intrigue, betrayal and courage; the story of one man's mission to lead his country into the future.