Book description
Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior
father are sent to capture one for the Sh?gun, they fear that their
lives are over - everyone knows what happens to those who fail the Lord
of the Shima Isles. 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. 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. Yet trapped together in the forest, Yukiko and the beast
soon discover a friendship that neither of them expected. Meanwhile, the
country around them verges on collapse. A toxic fuel is choking the
land, the machine-powered Lotus Guild is publicly burning those they
deem Impure, and the Sh?gun 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 Sh?gun's crimes, both against her
country and her family. Returning to the cuty, Yukiko is determined to
make the Sh?gun pay - but what can one girl and a flightless griffin do
against the might of an empire? Jay Kristoff grew up in the most
isolated capital city on earth and fled at his earliest convenience. He
worked "creative advertising" for eleven years and has won
several awards that nobody outside the advertising industry gives a
tinker's cuss about. He is 6'7, has approximately 13870 days to live,
and can demand whiskey in almost a dozen European languages. He lives in
Melbourne with his wife and the world's laziest Jack Russell.
