Hideyoshi Wo Ute (Kadokawa Bunko)

[Machine Translation] In the 12th year of the Tensho Era, there were men who fought against Hideyoshi who were neither lords nor samurai. Hayashi Sora, a young Negoro ninja, was summoned by Negoro Kakigata Oni, the leader of the Negoro Ninja, who ordered him to "avenge Hideyoshi". The assassins of Negoro, who also received the order, attacked Hideyoshi, but they were held back by the iron-clad defense of Kouga ninja Nagatoshi Yamanaka and his men. Meanwhile, Rinsora, who had set out with his companions Eikai and Shunen, attempted to shoot Hideyoshi, who was marching to a battle with Ieyasu.... A gripping ninja action drama by a young standard-bearer of historical novels.

天正十二年。秀吉と戦った、大名でも、侍でも、ない男たちがいた―根来の若き忍び・林空は、総帥・根来隠形鬼に呼び出され「秀吉を討て」と命じられる。同じく命を受けた根来の刺客たちが、秀吉を襲撃するが、甲賀忍者・山中長俊らの鉄壁の守りに阻まれていた。そんな中、仲間の叡海や俊念とともに出立した林空は、家康との合戦のため進軍中の秀吉を銃撃しようとするが...。時代小説の若き旗頭が放つ、手に汗握る忍者活劇。