Phoenix Karma  (English, Paperback, Tezuka Osamu)

This fourth volume of Osamu Tezuka's acclaimed Phoenix saga is set in 8th-century Japan. Fate brings together the hideously deformed mass murderer Gao and the handsome and gifted woodcarver Akanemaru when Gao cripples Akanemaru. They part, but their destinies remain inextricably linked as their are spirits tested in a series of personal and professional trials.