Shadow Of The Fox
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
Enter a beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters and samurai, kami and legends, humans and demons...a world in which Japanese mythology and imagination blend together to create a brand-new and lushly drawn fantasy adventure. Prepare to be captivated by the first book of an enchanting new young adult fantasy series, Shadow of the Fox!
ONCE EVERY THOUSAND YEARS…
Every millennium, one age ends and another age dawns...and whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers holds the power to call the great Kami Dragon from the sea and ask for any one wish. The time is near...and the missing pieces of the scroll will be sought throughout the land of Iwagoto. The holder of the first piece is a humble, unknown peasant girl with a dangerous secret.
Demons have burned to the ground the temple Yumeko was raised in, killing everyone within, including the master who trained her to both use and hide her kitsune shapeshifting powers. Yumeko escapes with the temple’s greatest treasure — one part of the ancient scroll. Fate thrusts her into the path of a mysterious samurai, Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan. Yumeko knows he seeks what she has...and is under orders to kill anything and anyone who stands between him and the scroll.
A wish will be granted and a new age will dawn.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
It’s impossible not to fall in love with the cast of misfit characters in the first instalment of Julie Kagawa’s fantasy series of the same name. The thrilling story is set in medieval Japan, a land of ancient warriors and the supernatural. Kagawa’s heroes include a half-human shape-shifting fox, a shadow assassin who wields a cursed demon sword, and a disgraced sake-drinking samurai. The action-heavy mix of political intrigue and Japanese folklore makes Shadow of the Fox so good we can hardly wait for the next in the series.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Scattered across Iwagoto are three pieces of an ancient scroll that, once per millennium, can be used to summon a wish-granting dragon. When prophets predict the creature's imminent return, Lady Satomi and her rival, Shadow Clan ruler Lady Hanshou, decide to attempt the document's reassembly. Lady Satomi sends an army of demons to steal the first scrap from the monks at the Silent Winds temple, but their ward a 16-year-old kitsune (human-fox hybrid) named Yumeko manages to secure the treasure and flee. While searching for the temple that houses the second fragment, Yumeko encounters 17-year-old Tatsumi, a sword-toting Shadow Clan warrior dispatched by Lady Hanshou. Yumeko tricks Tatsumi into joining her quest, certain she'll need protection but unsure what she'll do when they reach their destination. Japanese folklore features heavily in this imaginative but uneven series opener from Kagawa (Inferno). A complicated setup slows the start, and although abundant action ensues, characters more closely resemble archetypes than flesh-and-blood beings. Ages 12 up.
