Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death in Little Tokyo | 1996 | Dale Furutani | Buy |
| 2 | The Toyotomi Blades | 1997 | Dale Furutani | Buy |
Dale Furutani’s Ken Tanaka series is a two-book run published in back-to-back years. The first book, Death in Little Tokyo, came out in 1996, and The Toyotomi Blades followed in 1997. Both are fiction titles listed under Furutani’s name.
Because characters and storylines carry over between the two books, reading them in publication order is the best approach. Start with Death in Little Tokyo and then move on to The Toyotomi Blades to follow the series as it was written.