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Ryuujin Hashimoto's seventh birthday should be a joyful occasion. Instead, his parents are murdered by five men who break into their modest home in Tacoma, Washington, as the young boy hides under the kitchen table. The boy finds a new home in Tokyo with his uncle, Jiro Asano, an aikido master and director of the Cabinet Research Chamber (postwar Japan's CIA). Asano recognizes in his nephew the potential of a skillful assassin and trains him expressly for that purpose, encouraging him to eschew all emotional attachments that might distract him. Dressed head to toe in the bloody rags he has...

Examines common themes and connections in Gaelic storytelling from the Middle Ages to present day. From the great medieval saga Táin Bó Cúailnge to cautionary folk tales in contemporary Gaeltacht areas, storytelling has remained a cornerstone of Gaelic culture for over a thousand years. Pre-Christian motifs and ecclesiastical influences, with nods to classical literature and poetic devices, provide the framework for many stories that remain familiar today (such as St Patrick's journey across Ireland and the exploits of Finn mac Cumhaill). However, despite this rich tradition, scholarship...