Beginning with this Fact or Fiction, #20 I will periodically introduce characters from the sequel to The Accidental Samurai. The sequel is called The Shison (Shison is Japanese for descendants). The Shison will be book #2 in the Generations series, and I plan to have it completed in June. The Shison, like The Accidental Samurai is based on historical figures as well as fictional characters. Every week on Monday I will post the name of a character and readers can guess whether the character is an actual person who lived in the Tenth Century or a fictional character. Each Friday I will post the answer. This weeks character is from The Shison:

Kata Bar-Asher