![]() ![]() ![]() It is inspired by Japanese history and mythology, and is the first installment in the. She learns the horrifying extent of the Shōgun's crimes, both against her country and her family. Stormdancer is a 2012 adult fantasy steampunk book by Jay Kristoff. Authority has always made Yukiko, but her world changes when she meets Kin, a young man with secrets, and the rebel Kagé cabal. A toxic fuel is choking the land, the machine-powered Lotus Guild is publicly burning those they deem Impure, and the Shōgun cares for nothing but his own dominion. Meanwhile, the country around them verges on collapse. Yet trapped together in the forest, Yukiko and the beast soon discover a bond that neither of them expected. Although she can hear his thoughts, and saved his life, all she knows for certain is he'd rather see her dead than help her. Soon Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in her country's last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled arashitora for company. But the mission proves less impossible and more deadly than anyone expects. So when Yukiko and her warrior father Masaru are sent to capture one for the Shōgun, they fear that their lives are over – everyone knows what happens to those who fail the Lord of the Shima Isles. ![]() Tags: fantasy steampunk dystopian cultureĪrashitoras are supposed to be extinct. ![]()
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