Tamara SheehanTamara Sheehan is a fantasy and science fiction author currently living in Victoria, British Columbia. Raised on an acreage in rural BC, she spent most of her time running around in the woods and making up stories. For as long as she can recall, apart from a stint in grade two when she wanted to be a painter, Tamara has always wanted to be a writer. She refuses to accept responsibility for this and blames those who read to her as a child.

Tamara has published more than twenty short stories in the last five years. Her first novel, The Tenth Man, was published electronically by Bewildering Stories and then by Prizm books in 2008. Her second novel, The Mediocre Assassin’s Handbook was published by Prizm in 2009.

Stormy Bamboo

Stormy BambooHikage, a noble Samurai, is convinced to join a conspiracy against his lord, a vicious man who cares nothing for his people. He wields the sword that strikes the man down, but he is startled by the master’s daughter, and strikes her down as well. Mourning the death of this innocent girl and repudiated by his co-conspirators, he throws his sword in the River Han and sets out on the road with no particular destination in mind.

While traveling, he meets a mysterious woman who refuses to leave him alone until he agrees to be her bodyguard to a distant city. It is only after he agrees that he discovers that her eventual goal is magical, and that her enemies are also his own.

They must travel together by foot, mechanical horse, and dirigible across the country and back again, searching for a means to save the empire with their enemies in pursuit, and some of their enemies aren’t human. If they fail, it isn’t just their lives at stake, but their entire way of life.

Reviews: OCD, Vampires, and Rants

Read an Excerpt. Buy the Book.