Shōgun (The Asian Saga book 1)

A world bestseller that has won the hearts of readers and captured the attention of the whole world!

Lost at sea, Englishman John Blackthorne finds himself in the inaccessible lands of Japan for Europeans, where the line between life and death is thinner than a razor's edge, honor is more precious than life, silence is more important than a scream, and the word of a samurai is law. He learns to speak a foreign language and understand his own heart. He learns other people's rules and questions his own. John is no longer a silent observer, but a player in a great struggle for power and a clash of civilizations. Torn between two worlds - the one he left and the one he accepted - he becomes part of inevitable changes that will forever rewrite the history of the world.

"Shogun" is the first novel in the "Asian Saga" by master of historical fiction James Clavell, which, upon its release, caused a powerful surge of interest in Japanese culture and became one of the most popular novels worldwide.