Rosanna Boscawen
Content and Communities Editor at Pan Macmillan, I work across all Pan Mac's websites. I love anything book and Italy related.
15 Oct 2012
Every month Team Tor chooses an ebook of the month. We’re so excited about Jay Kristoff‘s book STORMDANCER, the first in his Lotus War series. We want you to enjoy it as much as we do, so we’re giving a discount on the ebook for this month when you buy it here. And here is a bit more on that fabulous plot …
Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father are sent to capture one for the Shōgun, they fear that their lives are over. Everyone knows what happens to those who fail him.
But the mission proves less impossible and more deadly than anyone expects. Soon Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in her country’s last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. Alhough she can hear his thoughts, and saved his life, all she knows for certain is he’d rather see her dead than help her. Yet trapped together in the forest, Yukiko and Buruu form a surprising and powerful bond.
Meanwhile, the country verges on collapse. 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. Authority has always made Yukiko uneasy, but her world changes when she meets Kin, a young man with secrets, and the rebel Kagé cabal. She learns the horrifying extent of the Shōgun’s crimes, both against her country and her family.
Returning to the city, Yukiko and Buruu are determined to make the Shōgun pay – but what can one girl and a flightless griffin do against the might of an empire?
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It’s ebook of the month with good reason; Stormdancer is a great debut, can’t wait for the rest of the Lotus War Trilogy!
Jamie
Thanks for the thumbs up, Jamie. Glad you enjoyed it! Rosanna and the Tor Team