The blood ninja trilogy

Blood NinjaSkilled in the art of silent and deadly combat, ninjas are the agents of powerful nobles who rule sixteenth-century Japan.

So when a group of these highly-trained assassins kill Taro's father, he must learn their ways in order to avenge him, evading the wrath of warring Lords, deciphering an ancient curse - and unleashing the blood-soaked secrets of a life lived in moonlight.Lord Oda's RevengeTaro has had his revenge, but Lord Oda is not quiet in his grave.

Dangerously weakened, Taro must discover the one object Lord Oda was desperate to find before he died - and he must go to hell and back to get it.The Betrayal of the LivingTaro is at a crossroads - no land, no title, and no hope of marrying his beloved Hana.

As he sets off on another perilous quest, the future of all feudal Japan is in danger, and everything Taro holds dear will be threatened.

The dead have begun to rise. Nick Lake is an editorial director at HarperCollins Children's Books.

He received his degree in English from Oxford University.

Blood Ninja was inspired by his interest in the Far East, and by the fact that he is secretly a vampire ninja himself.

Nick lives with his wife in Oxfordshire.