Seventeen Ninja

As the Shogun lays dying seventeen Iga clan ninja are sent to infiltrate the impenetrable fortress where his youngest son is preparing to storm Edo Castle and name himself Shogun by force of arms They are to either steal the documents that will eventually give him lawful claim to rulership or they are to assassinate him But even before they reach the castle walls they find their every move countered by a ruthless ninja hunter in the employ of the wouldbe usurper Konoe who not only knows their every tactic but knows the exact makeup of their team thanks to his own spies within Edo Castle As the Iga Ninja fall one by one the missions success or complete failurewhere failure will result in a bloody war of successioncomes to hinge on a single young and inexperienced ninja Kotaro