She flees from China, Yanshi to Edo where she is a stranger, fallen into a belief that she could bring peace and to know the truth about her bloodline. She was an attractive young- man name Spider (Kyiomizu Rau) who she is willing to trust as part of a clan that falls into two world. The clan holds account in their own murders and assassinations of traitors, they say is the good of the clan. Read how a princess of Yanshi china becomes a ninja assassin of Iga Japan for an unknown clan she is drawn to trust in order to receive a fate of immortality.
The story is hard to follow, but once your eyes get use the style of writing its easy to follow. I just have not read many books in the 3rd person perspective.