The Book of the Sword

When I was six months old, I dropped from the sky -- the lone survivor of a deadly Japanese plane crash. The newspapers called me Heaven. I was adopted by a wealthy family in Tokyo, pampered, and protected. For nineteen years, I thought I was lucky.

I''m learning how wrong I was.

They say your life begins on your wedding day.

Here''s what happened on mine:
I lost the person I love most.
I learned that everything I knew about my family was a lie.
Now I''m being hunted. I must fight back, or die.

My life ended that day.
The old Heaven is gone.

I AM SAMURAI GIRL.

Carrie Asai is the author of The Book of the Heart, a Simon & Schuster book.