Discusses the science and evolution of the weapons, armor, and strategy that allowed the samurai to become such a formidable fighting force.

"A book about the samurai from their origins in the eighth and ninth centuries until their demise in the mid-nineteenth century. It dispels a lot of myths about the samurai one might encounter in popular culture. It describes samurai life, work, philosophy, and warfare as it changed over time. It covers what samurai were doing when they weren't fighting. For example, samurai who engaged in commerce, formed gangs, begged, and even taught samurai etiquette...

With graduation nearing and Kim regaining his memory, Rileigh is ready to celebrate. Sumi not only regains her memory, too, and she performs a ritual to switch bodies with Rileigh, draining her ki and placing her in grave danger.

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

When an explosion activates an ancient alien time traveling device in the middle of battle, half of the Bug Team Alpha is transported to seventeenth-century Japan and right into the middle of a samurai battle. The team members will have to find their way back home without changing history forever.