Sengoku Japan: From Foot Soldier to Lord of All Under Heaven

The third year of Eiroku, the eve of the Battle of Okehazama. Sato Genta opens his eyes to find himself the low-ranking head of a foot-soldier unit in the Oda clan, without enough complete bamboo armor to outfit his men. Imagawa Yoshimoto’s army of twenty-five thousand bears down on Owari. The capital is gripped by panic, the senior retainers scramble to surrender, and everyone is waiting for the “Great Fool of Owari,” Oda Nobunaga, to bring about his own downfall. Only he knows that the storm three days from now will give birth to the most legendary surprise attack in the history of the Warring States period. While others risk their lives for military merit, he uses his knowledge of history to plan every step. He kills Imagawa samurai, builds Sunomata Castle in a single night, pacifies Mino, fights at Anegawa, and burns Mount Hiei. Rising from mountains of corpses, he goes from expendable cannon fodder who could die at any moment to the sharpest blade in Oda’s service. As the flames of Honnoji are about to rise, he will stand at history’s crossroads and decide the fate of all Japan.