The Price of Tea #2

Set in 12th century Japan when the lines between myth and history overlap; religion, bloodlines, and politics clash. Drawn from historical and mythic sources, The Price of Tea takes the reader through the gaps of historical documentation and into a rich and exciting fantastical world filled with Foxes, Kami, Samurai, and other creatures of myth that ruled Old Japan and shaped its history.

When a rain-making contest was issued for the region surrounding Kyoto, Taira Kiyomori saw a chance for the Shinto Gods to make their powers known again in the land that had become so Buddhist. On the advice of an alluring new courtier, Kiyomori is directed to a dragon, known for successfully making rain and rumored to live in a cave under Muroji Temple. However, things are not always as they seem…