These questions are addressed in the novel "The Bushi Code." Within its pages, filled with action and historical information, readers will find the answer. The novel takes us back to the last century, during the period between the two World Wars, when Japan underwent drastic political and social changes that still influence the way of life of its people today. In it, the created characters come to life; we can feel them, rejoicing with them in the pomp of victory or the bitterness of defeat. We will finally understand why the words surrender and defeat are so distasteful to the Japanese spirit.

Engineer V. Pettersen, author of "The Bushi Code" and "The Millstone," has been apractitioner and teacher of Martial Arts for over forty years and uses his vast knowledge of Japanese culture to create the fantastic setting and the dizzying action that leap from the pages of this novel, which is a must-read and unputdownable.