<B>Warring samurai clans fight with swords and magic for the Emperor's favor with these collected <I>Legend of the Five Rings</I> novellas including a brand-new novella of the Crane Clan.</B><br><br><br><br><I>Ice and Snow</I> by Katrina Ostrander—A surprise attack and courtly machinations challenge the untested heir to the Crane Clan to keep the peace and prove her value to her family.<br><br><br><br><I>The Sword and the Spirits</I> by Robert Denton III—The champion of the Phoenix Clan must save her lost love from the darkness consuming him and from the menace of a desecrated shrine.<br><br><br><br><I>Whispers of Shadow and Steel</I> by Mari Murdock—In the Scorpion City of Lies the 'only honest Scorpion' magistrate is caught between family and finding justice in a murder case.<br><br> <br><br><I>Across the Burning Sands</I> by Daniel Lovat Clark—The future heir to the mighty Unicorn Clan faces duplicity assassins betrayal and even sorcery as he seeks peace with the caliph of al-Zawira.