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Shadows in the Desert
Paperback
Series: The Ninja Legacy, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 24 2025
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.28
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Shadows in the Desert
Book 1 in The Ninja Legacy Series
Mia Takamura is no ordinary sixteen-year-old. Half-Japanese, half-American, she's an overachiever caught between worlds, Scottsdale's elite cliques shun her, but her real fight begins when her ninja grandfather arrives from Tokyo. When Mia overhears a chilling plot by a Mexican cartel to kidnap local girls-including her friends-she's thrust into a legacy she never imagined. Trained in the ancient Jijuken-jutsu, the Cross Fist Method, by her grandfather, a master of the Shadowy Yamikage Ninja Clan, Mia steps into a desert war of stealth and strikes.
But victory comes at a cost. As the cartel crumbles, a new threat emerges-the Kurokumo, a rival ninja clan with a vendetta, claiming Mia as their own. With her best friend's father at the heart of the danger and her family's secrets unraveling, Mia must choose: embrace the shadows or lose everything. Shadows in the Desert is a pulse-pounding YA thriller of loyalty, courage, and a girl discovering her warrior soul, perfect for fans of high-stakes action and cultural clashes. The desert hides more than secrets, it's where legends are forged.
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