After their American missionary parents are murdered in China in 1835, Noah and Mary Cole are given passage out of China on an American merchant ship bound for Hawaii. Before their ship can reach its destination, it is attacked by Chinese pirates. Noah is thrown into the ocean, and Mary is taken captive and eventually sold to a bordello in Yoshiwara, the centuries-old Japanese pleasure quarter. Noah is rescued by a Dutch ship bound for Dejima, the manmade island in Nagasaki Bay, where the Dutch and the Chinese are allowed to trade with the Japanese but not allowed to leave the island and...
After their American missionary parents are murdered in China in 1835, Noah and Mary Cole are given passage out of China on an American merchant ship ...
China and Japan in the 1830s, two countries where entry into the country by foreigners is either prohibited or their movement within the country severely restricted, is the backdrop for the story of Noah Cole's attempt to rescue his sister, Mary, after pirates kidnap her. Noah follows Mary's trail from the South China Sea to the manmade island, Dejima, in Nagasaki Bay, where only Dutch and Chinese merchants are allowed. From Dejima, Mary's trail leads to a bordello inside Yoshiwara, the centuries-old Japanese pleasure quarter. Noah must now find a way to enter Japan, where foreigners could be...
China and Japan in the 1830s, two countries where entry into the country by foreigners is either prohibited or their movement within the country sever...
