The martial arts have always been an integral part of Ezra Jacobs life. From playing video fighting games such as Tekken, Street Fighter, Virtua Fighter, Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur, King of Fighters, Snk vs Capcom to practicing karate, wushu (ancient Chinese Kungu fu), and mastering deadly pressure point skills from ancient scrolls, he has an amazing grasp on the ways of combat. Combine all that with his fascination with anime and reading manga (Japanese comics) and you’ve got his first smash young adult release The Tale of the Vallant Hero Kenta: The Lightning Beasts and the Great Tengu King that introduces: ‘WUXIA’ – a new style of combat literature.

Kenta Takeyama is a 16 year old martial artist who possesses superhuman strength and abilities and the Takeyama -ryuu fighting art. He desires to become the most powerful shogun on the Nikkoujima (Sun Light Islands). He lives with his father Tesshin, who trained him in the martial arts, and his mother Amaya, who is the former princess of a royal family and master fighter; his little sister Mana, who wants to become a famous play actress and open her own production studio, as well as his pet bear Kumomori, whom he had since he was 4.

Kenta finds that it’s time to follow his dreams of becoming a great and powerful shogun by using his power to protect people and build more homes and villages, help the poor and starving, rather than just for pomp and circumstance. He wants the people to live in peace and prosperity with no fear, as the world is already entering another age of war. And so, with his parents’ permission, he decides to travel to Senkyou to enlist in the military and become a true samurai warrior.

During basic training, he discovers that the capital is being attacked by powerful youkai. The powerful beasts appear and disappear in a flash, even the temple priests are having trouble. Does the Great Tengu King of the Gogonji mountain territory know anything about these attacks? Do our heroes stand a chance against these swift and powerful foes? What is the reasoning behind all of this carnage?