A doomed kingdom, a young queen's sacrifice and a killer who will bring an empire to its knees... In a world where men share kindred with beasts, the Idol of the Beasts predicts a child who will end the Endless War after centuries of strife, but first the enemy king must die and his son be brought to the Jashimari Queen in chains... After numerous failed attempts, killing King Shandor seems impossible, until an assassin offers to do the deed. His success places the Crown Prince at Queen Minna-Satu's mercy, and Blade becomes the instrument of her wrath. Forged in the fires of fury, his heart died long ago in the desert kingdom. His glance is as icy as his smile is disarming, and the fires of passion will never stir his blood. He is the Master of the Dance in Jondar, the best to ever hold the title. Driven by hatred and with the skills of his trade, he will usher in a time of strife and pain that will live in legend, and forever bear his name. He is the instrument who can change fate. He is the Queen's Blade.
He will change the fate of three kingdoms with his deadly skills... Born in a midwinter blizzard, under a Death Moon, the boy who will become a legend comes into the world in a river of blood, dead. His father names him Conash: Dead Son.
This limited edition hardcover also features character bios, battle stage information and additional gameplay facts for the experienced Queen's Blade aficionado.
Prince Trelath has kidnapped Minna-Satu, and threatens to kill her unless the Jashimari Regent, Chiana, allows Prince Endor to visit Kerrion's daughter, but Chiana knows that this is a ruse to capture the young Queen and take her power.
Even though he seeks death's release so he can be with his familiar again, a destiny awaits Blade, for which he must survive, and therein lies the strangeness of one who is God Touched.
As two armies converge upon the doomed city, the young Queen Minna-Satu prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice and save her people from slavery and slaughter by placing King Kerrion's new-born daughter on the Jashimari throne.
Prince Dravis hires the Jadayan Master of the Dance to kill Blade, and the Cotti assassin tries to prove his prowess by doing so in an armed Dance of Death.
Kerrion's daughter, the infant Queen Kerra-Manu, has saved her kingdom from conquest, and her father has driven the Contara from her land.
The Queen's Blade returns to Jashimari to await the reward the Idol of the Beasts promised him for saving Minna-Satu's life - the rebirth of his familiar.
In the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School.
A reluctant queen.