Gate to Kagoshima Poppy Kuroki 9780861547616

Scottish student Isla escapes to Japan after a relationship falters, and finds old ghosts and new loves when a typhoon sends her time-travelling to the last days of the Samurai in this action-packed adventure

2005: While researching her Japanese ancestors, Isla travels from Scotland to Kagoshima. There, a vicious typhoon hurls her through a strange white gate and back to 1877, amid the dawn of the Satsuma Rebellion - the conflict that ended the samurai.

When she meets Keiichiro Maeda, a samurai who introduces her to a way of life only previously encountered in books, Isla begins to wonder if she has found her true home. But as the samurai fight a losing battle, she is increasingly distraught. Should she forewarn Keiichiro and save the man she loves or let him die the glorious death he so believes in, proud to the end that he remained a faithful warrior?

And what will come of Isla? Is she willing to leave the past behind, knowing her future will forever be changed?

Poppy Kuroki was born in Scotland and grew up in England. She has been living in Japan since 2016, where she works as a writer and freelance editor. She lives in Kanagawa with her husband and son. Gate to Kagoshima is the first in a timeslip series.

'Refreshingly original. The author clearly has a great love of the [Japanese] culture, both past and present, something that shines through in the richness of her writing... A stunning debut.' Jason Ayres, author of The Time Bubble series