St. Martin's Griffin
August 2013
On Sale: August 6, 2013
352 pages ISBN: 1250031281 EAN: 9781250031280 Kindle: B007XSN05E Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Stormdancer is the first in an epic new fantasy series, introducing an unforgettable heroine and a stunningly original dystopian steampunk world with a flavor of feudal Japan
The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. When hunters of Shima's imperial court are charged by their Shōgun to capture a legendary griffin, they fear their lives are over. Any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shōgun is death. Accompanying her father on the Shōgunβs hunt, the girl Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shimaβs last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is heβd rather see her dead than help her. But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.
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