Shike is a novel about two characters: jebu, a fighting monk of the order of zinja, and taniko, the minor noblewoman with whom he falls in love on his first mission -- escorting her to an arranged marriage with a far old...Shike is a novel about two characters: jebu, a fighting monk of the order of zinja, and taniko, the minor noblewoman with whom he falls in love on his first mission -- escorting her to an arranged marriage with a far older and extremely influential nobleman.