Riley Gordon is a young woman adrift when she experiences a life-altering event.
Her parents, recognizing that discipline is needed to help Riley get past what happened to her, enroll her in martial arts.
As Riley turns her life around, studying martial arts becomes her center.
When a mysterious stranger offers to show her what true martial arts are, she accepts his offer.
After she has learned all that he can teach, she travels to Japan to continue her education at the school where he was ta.
Progressive Rising Phoenix Press Shiko unleashed, paperback/william speir
