Hoping to rest and enjoy the beauty of spring in sixteenth century Japan. Zenta and Matsuzo, two masterless samurai, stop at a rural inn that is famed for its cherry trees. As they arrive they find that the trees have been grossly mutilated. As they try to solve the mystery of the cherry trees they find themselves involved with the treacherous plots of two visiting warlords. Zenta and Matsuzo are wondering ronin (masterless samurai) with a skill and code of honor unlike the ordinary citizens of Japan. Together the stoic Zenta and carefree Matsuzo fall in and out of extraordinary adventures-solving mysteries that leave others baffled. Set in sixteenth century Japan, the books in the Zenta and Matsuzo Mystery series present unique and complex plots that are full of action, intrigue, and suspense.