Andrea Boyette has been a lover of words her entire life, reading and writing creatively since she was a child. But after spending a year teaching in Japan, she knew it was time to begin her first novel. She wanted to spin a unique fantasy, one that embraced and illuminated some of the Japanese culture and history she had come to appreciate during her time there. Noble is the first book in a three-part series that follows Dumpling, a legendary thief with a reputation for not