A thousand years ago, the great Dragon God was invoked to grant a terrible wish, and the land of Iwagoto plunged into an era of darkness and chaos. Now a new wish will be granted to the holder of the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers.
Raised by monks in a hidden temple, Yumeko has been trained to conceal her nature. Half kitsune fox, half human, her ability to transform is matched only by her penchant for mischief. Until the day her home is razed by demons from the underworld and she is forced to flee with the temple's greatest treasure, a portion of the ancient sacred scroll.
Kage Tatsumi is a mysterious samurai from the Shadow Clan, a warrior ordered to retrieve the scroll at any cost. But fate soon brings Tatsumi and Yumeko together. With the promise of guiding him to the coveted treasure, Yumeko forms a dangerous alliance that offers her the best hope for survival. But he seeks what she has hidden, and what if her deception is discovered?
With an army of demons hot on her heels, and accompanied by the most unlikely of allies, Yumeko's secrets are more than a matter of life or death. They are the key to the world's destiny.
