The Swords of Silence is a brutal yet gripping read that highlights the evil that men do and the power of faith. If I had to only use one word to describe this then it would have to be BRUTAL. It’s a Japanese historical fiction based upon the persecution of Japanese Christians, and follows a priest trying to protect his village from the Shogun. After reading the first-look of this I thought that I would really enjoy it and was delighted to be sent a copy for review, but it turned out to be a too brutal I did not enjoy it at all. . There are a lot of characters, it can be hard to follow and keep track of who is who. I t was a bit over the place for me. . What I didn’t like was the backwards and forwards nature of being captured, escaping, getting recaptured and so on and so forth. Overall it was well written. I hadn’t read any Japanese historical fiction before, so it was a nice change, but I don’t think I’ll be reading any more of this trilogy This book was well written just for me. .