This is James Clavell's tour-de-force; epic saga jedného Pilot-Major John Blackthorne, a jeho integrácia do strug a strife feudal Japan. Both entertaining and incisive, SHOGUN is a stunningly dramatic re-creation of a very different world. Počnúc svojou loďou na tomto moste alien shores, novely charts Blackthorne's rise z postavenia reviled foreigner až do bití trusted advisor and eventually, Samurai. All as civil war looms over the fragile country.