Tama Kirin (Shodensha Bunko I 27-8 Wa Shu Boro Tombi Gumi 8)

[Machine Translation] Shinnosuke Torigoe, a samurai firefighter and one of the top ten firefighters in the prefecture. Did the "Rough Tobigumi" leader who was called the "Kirin child of Shinjo" fall into the darkness? Arrested for the slaughter of a wealthy merchant's family and for setting a fire, Shinnosuke took the family's daughter as a hostage and went on the run, successively breaking through the encirclement of the fire-breakers and all the fire extinguishers in Edo. Meanwhile, Matsunaga Gengo, the leader of the Rorotobi clan, whose movements have been blocked by order of the shogunate, stands up with determination for his comrades and for himself. A newly written full-length historical novel.

侍火消にして府下十傑に数えられる鳥越新之助。新庄の麒麟児と謳われた“ぼろ鳶組”頭取並は、闇に堕ちたのか?豪商一家惨殺及び火付けの下手人として手配された新之助は、一家の娘を人質に逃走を続け、火盗改、江戸の全火消の包囲を次々と打ち破っていく。一方、幕府の命で動きを封じられたぼろ鳶組頭取松永源吾は、仲間のため、己のため、決意を胸に立ち上がる。書下ろし長編時代小説。