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In an alternate twenty-first century, super-powered teens Ghost, Kate, and Cormac are recruited by a ninja organization. They train to take down the massive Samurai Empire--a mission that takes them back in time to the Empire's sixteenth-century beginnings in Japan. Science fiction, fantasy, and action blend for a fast-paced narrative. However, character development is uneven as the plot centers mostly around only Ghost. Glos.