For Karma, daughter of a monk and an ama, life was perfect. Raised in a temple, she was excited to see the big town. That was until she was caught up in a mass arrest and thrown into a Chinese prison with her parents.

When it could not get worse, it did. Her mother and father dead by execution, her salvation was in the hands of a man she did not know in her journey out of hell itself.

Accused of crimes against humanity and the murder of more than 250 prisoners, Colonel Lei Cheng regretted being so drunk that she failed her own suicide. Now, facing an angry world and a court of justice, the last thing that she expected was mercy.

Mercy would come in the form of a second chance arranged by an old enemy. For the first time, her redemption, particularly in the eyes of a child, was in her own hands.

For little Miki, a 6 year old orphan girl facing expulsion from her village for speaking to the wolves, this is the start of her journey toward a destiny that she could not imagine. Accepted into a poor Buddhist temple, she is torn between the life she wants and the agony that her blood demands.

Ama Little Monkey, the girl once known as Miki, has been forced into a life she loathes. Between her Koga (Ninja) birth and her heritage in a temple, she is torn between violence and treachery and the peace she seeks. Along the way, she finds family she never knew she had and a mission that leads her to a destiny that she could not imagine.

She has had many names and is now a woman with a highborn husband and is with child. Her enemies vanquished, it seems that life has taken a turn for the better. Not so fast it seems as the world of Samurai has its own struggles. With new enemies, new responsibilities and old friends, Lady Miki must fight for not just her survival, but for the survival of her soon-to-be son and his place as heir to the Daimyo of Kumi.

For Tony Banner, former Quantum Agent and now the head of Quantum Intelligence, the world has turned strange indeed. Charged with protecting the new Android race and it's technology, he must now deal with the unexpected interest of off world aliens as well as hostile governments on his own planet terrified at the loss of their own power. Critical to this is protecting the young woman named Karma, now the chosen emissary of humanity to the stars.

Projects

Tibetan Girl Trilogy

The Tibetan Girl series consists of 3 books, Tibetan Girl, The Redemption of Colonel Lei Cheng and Droids. These books take place in the near future and create a world of hope, redemption and high science. At the heart of everything is Karma, a 10-year-old Tibetan girl caught up in deadly events not of her own making. Her rescuer, Jack Robert Morgan, a man who has lost one daughter, and refuses to lose a second as he battles to destroy a world ending weapon and to get Karma out of China. Karma represents, not just Jacks redemption, but redemption for her tormentor also.

In "The Redemption of Colonel Lei Cheng" We have Colonel Lei Cheng facing trial for crimes against humanity. Colonel Lei Cheng is given an unexpected second chance. With a new identity comes a second chance to help build a new world - if she can survive science gone mad created by her old nemesis, Jack Robert Morgan. New cities, human like androids, and old enemies conspire to complicate the life of Lei Cheng, now Susan Lei as she creates the most powerful and most ethical police force on earth on the path to her own redemption.

"Droids" For Tony Banner, Director of Quantum Intelligence, the world had gotten strange indeed. The androids that promised to make the road to world peace possible had it seemed attracted the unexpected interest of out of this world visitors. Given the job of protecting the androids and doing whatever must be done to protect America's future, Banner has the help of a most unlikely band of heros.

Future works in this series include Adventures of the Pink Flamingo. What happens when a slightly insane android decides that in order to help humanity, what is needed is a superhero. Pink Flamingo, ordinary trauma surgeon by day, Defender of Niceness at night.

Other Local Authors

Supporting local authors with dedicated webpages.

The Child of Shadow series consist of 3 books, Child of Shadow, Three Yorisada, and Daimyo. Set in the early Sengoku period of Japan, it follows the lives of the Yorisada family in their quest to regain control of the province of Kumi. Key is Miki, a child of destiny born to serve.

Child of Shadow Trilogy

About Yorisada Publishing

In fact, I am Yorisada Publishing. Michael Hillsgrove is a retire Linux Administrator now living in Socorro, Texas. I've previously worked in the White House, NSA, DCS, as a contractor. My military service saw me flying B-52's as a Navigator Bombardier, 596 Bomb Squadron, 2nd Bomb Wing, 8th Air Force, SAC. Was a chemist for a while in the paint industry.

I am married for 50 years with three children and three grandchildren.

Writing for more than 20 years in both the Modern Sci-Fi Action Adventure genre and, inspired by my Japanese wife, the Samurai genre.

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