The Story of the Adventures of a Great Prince of Japan and His Faithful Henchman the Giant Benkei.

Here is a fine exciting tale of adventure in old Japan. A prince and a giant; the giant an enemy who becomes a friend and ally of the young prince; their journeys over the island kingdom winning back power for the prince and his clan: all this suggests the thrilling incidents and colorful background of an unusual book.

To tell an adventure story for people of today, yet keep truly to old legend and medieval background, this is the despair of many an older writer. These young collaborators have done it beautifully, making a book that will keep any young person stirred to the last page, and leave him with a rich sense of a wonderful land and its history.

Some of the chapter titles: The Vow That Terrified a City, Death Reaches the White Waves, Stone and Steel and Human Will, When the Horse Stood Still and Galloped, Ghostly Hosts and The Bending of a Willow.

From the dust jacket