Doors of Nagasaki: Book 1: THE STRANGER'S POEM

By Kai M. Archer

Nagasaki, 1600s. Iori-baptized as a child, employed as an interpreter-keeps the peace between daimyo rules and foreign ledgers. When a forbidden poem surfaces, he has one night to smuggle it through wells with "second throats," stone steps with iron hooks, and an inspector who prefers mercy priced in numbers. With Kayo, a teahouse strategist who leads a choir of workers, and Tatsu, a spy with a kind smile, Iori turns soup, hinges, and a city's talent for pretending into weapons.
As a Portuguese nau crowds the harbor and face-counts tighten, the poem must be extinguished without lighting a purge. Barrels become roads, rain becomes cover, and a single rhythm-short, short, short... long-maps the way. To save the five who matter, Iori offers the only answer a hinge can: become the door that keeps two rooms.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FPBM9F35
• ISBN13: 9798263050962
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"