Kristoff's imaginative debut, the first in a series, presents the feudal, dystopian Shima Empire, a menacing Japanese-inspired setting in which "the lotus must bloom" even though it turns all it touches into a toxic wasteland. Set in steampunk Japan, Jay Kristoff's Stormdancer is full of mythic creatures, demons and Gods, and a strong female protagonist.Ĭontinue the Lotus War Trilogy with Kinslayer and Endsinger. Yet together, the pair will form an indomitable bond, and rise to challenge an empire. And discovery of the talent allowing them to communicate would mean her execution. Although she hears his thoughts and saved his life, Yukiko knows he’d rather see her dead than help her. But any fool knows griffins are extinct – and death will be the price of failure.ĭisaster strikes and Yukiko is stranded in the wilderness with a fabled griffin, now furious and crippled. Yukiko and her warrior father are forced to hunt down a griffin at the Shogun’s command. Land and sky have been poisoned by clockwork industrialization, the Lotus Guild oppresses the populace and the nation’s Shogun is lost to his thirst for power. One girl and a griffin against an empire: A dying land.
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