This series of readers has proved very popular with both students and teachers. These stories feature topics of high drama including romance, intrigue, corporate takeovers and crime. At the end of World War II Japanese army officers had to surrender their ceremonial swords to the Allies. Yoshihide Mayasama's sword had been in his family for over two hundred years. When he gave up his sword to the Australian Army in the South Pacific he thought he would never see the sword again. This reader tells how the sword was returned to Yoshihide Mayasama. It is a true story of reconcilliation. This reader is suitable for intermediate students.