The second novel from Jay Kristoff, author of Stormdancer
A SHATTERED EMPIRE
The mad Shogun Yoritomo has been assassinated by the Stormdancer
Yukiko, and the threat of civil war looms over the Shima Imperium. The
Lotus Guild conspires to renew the nation’s broken dynasty and crush the growing rebellion simultaneously - by endorsing a new Shogun who
desires nothing more than to see Yukiko dead.
A DARK LEGACY
Yukiko and the mighty thunder tiger Buruu have been cast in the role of heroes by the Kagé rebellion. But Yukiko herself is blinded by rage
over her father’s death, and her ability to hear the thoughts of beasts
is swelling beyond her power to control. Along with Buruu, Yukiko’s
anchor is Kin, the rebel Guildsman who helped her escape from Yoritomo’s clutches. But Kin has his own secrets, and is haunted by visions of a
future he’d rather die than see realized.
A GATHERING STORM
Kagé assassins lurk within the Shogun’s palace, plotting to end the new dynasty before it begins. A waif from Kigen’s gutters begins a
friendship that could undo the entire empire. A new enemy gathers its
strength, readying to push the fracturing Shima imperium into a war it
cannot hope to survive. And across raging oceans, amongst islands of
black glass, Yukiko and Buruu will face foes no katana or talon can
defeat.
The ghosts of a blood-stained past.
