The Ring of Fire (Young Samurai, Book 6)

My son is hooked onto this series. I was amazed at how much he knew about the Samurai and Bushido; the warrior's way of life. It appears that the series has been inspired in part by the legendary Miyamoto Musashi's " Book of Five Rings".

Another great book by Chris Bradford. I love this book. As much as I like the rest of the series, I think this is my favourite so far. Each chapter is 5 or 6 pages on average. Everytime I finished a chapter it usually finished on a cliff hanger, I wanted to read the next one instantly. My logic was there are only a few pages anyway till the next chapter. I got late a couple of times because I did not want the put the book down.Jack enters the mountains trying to louring his enemies after him instead of his friends. However samurai honour will not allow him to over look people in need. We see the return of a few of the original characters as well as the a couple the newbies.As a martial artist as well I really love much of the insider knowledge that of Chris has, the little things like pushing your body beyond it's comfort limits, but still respecting that fact that there are limits. Another example is that it is continually stressed how much work and training goes into becoming a samurai, it is a not just giving someone a sword and teaching the a few moves and formation and saying defend yourself. It is a mindset, as well as physically gruelling, it is the mental aspects life handling doubts and fears the make the greatest difference. The first half of this book is a setup for the coming battle, some people might find this boring but I really thought all the little intricacies made the book for me. There are also parts of the book where Jack faces bigger more battle tested opponents and the results are the same as they would in the real world this just adds to the book appeal for me. Another great thing done well in this book, is the divide in Japanese society, the lowly farmers, the high born samurai and the ninja.These books are are not really meant to be stand alone books. However each book has a satisfactory conclusion at the end of it, but as soon I finish one I want to read the next one. Even in this book I found myself wanting to read faster to see what happens next, then wanting slow down so the book would not finish.

muy interesante por qué el autor ha reducido todas las experiencias en un libro. Y lo recomendaria a todo el mundo quien puede leer y entender en Ingles.

Many years ago i was into the young samurai books that i entered the competition and won for the name Akuma. I stumbled upon my signed copy from Chris, read the book again and ive gone back into re-reading all of them, love the story, i can spend a whole day just reading the young samurai books. No nonsense, action packed, great story line!

Nice book & timely delivered