Swords of Silence: Book 1: The Swords of Fire Trilogy (The Swords of Fire)Where once new ideas and beliefs were accepted, now the countrys military dictator, the Shogun is shutting his country down to any outside influence. Father Joaquim Martinez who left Portugal to make Hizen Province, Japan his home, has been quietly tending to the lives of his villagers, but everything is about to be thrown into turmoil, as the Shogun has outlawed Martinezs beliefs. Those who wont recant or accept banishment, face a death sentence.