A rogue warrior struggles with loyalty in this second title about a mysterious new area of the Magic: The Gathering world--Kamigawa Now in the employ of Princess Michiko and beholden to Myojin of Night's Reach, Toshiro "Toshi" Umezawa--samurai, magician, and con--tries to honor his commitments while pursuing his own ends. But while Toshi's main concern is usually for his own skin, he finds he cannot escape the drama and intrigue surrounding the looming war between the mortals and spirits of Kamigawa. As the Kami War threatens to engulf the entire plane, an unimaginably powerful spirit beast threatens the world. And at the heart of the battle moves the figure of the Daimyo, whose impassive features conceal a sinister crime that gnaws at the world's heart.