At the end of the beginning, and the beginning of the end, a journey will come full circle...
When Keiko suffers a terrible, personal loss, she believes that she has been reduced to nothing and can no longer wield her samurai sword. In order to survive, she is forced to become little more than a beggar, a humiliating ending for a woman who once inspired legends. But fate still has her own plans for Keiko's future. After traveling the world, and living a hundred different lives, Keiko finds herself right back where she started, and the answers she seeks waiting for her right where her journey first began.