From publisher blurb: The arquebus (also called tamagashina by the samurai and tüfek by the janissaries) is a strange and chaotic weapon for a strange and chaotic age. The arquebus is slow to reload, impossible to fire when wet and it boasts a range and accuracy laughable to any seasoned archer. Yet it terrifies the ruling classes. Any peasant's child big enough to hold an arquebus can, with a few days training and a lot of nerve, kill a king a 100 yards away at the speed of thunder. An arquebusier can turn the finest platemail into a smoking tomb. It may even break the hegemony of magic on the world