The changes are coming fast and furious for Jiro Manabe. He has followed Kurdish rebels along the mean streets of Istanbul, through army blockades and desert villages, all the way to Kurdistan, to the fortress of the Kurdish Aga. Unfortunately, even the Aga himself can only offer Jiro cryptic messages. Tiring of lies and half-truths, it is all Jiro can do to contain the full might of his fury, and when he does let go, there is no doubt among the rebels that Jiro is the Rebel Sword of their prophecies.