Wednesday 11 July 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (46)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine so that (this is me paraphrasing) we can all FREAK OUT TOGETHER about some rocking upcoming books. Warning: extreme fangirling may occur.

Stormdancer (The Lotus War, #1)Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff

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Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (Macmillan)
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
Release Date: September 18, 2012

A DYING LAND 
The Shima Imperium verges on the brink of environmental collapse; an island nation once rich in tradition and myth, now decimated by clockwork industrialization and the machine-worshipers of the Lotus Guild. The skies are red as blood, the land is choked with toxic pollution, and the great spirit animals that once roamed its wilds have departed forever. 
AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST 
The hunters of Shima's imperial court are charged by their Shōgun to capture a thunder tiger – a legendary creature, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows the beasts have been extinct for more than a century, and the price of failing the Shōgun is death. 
A HIDDEN GIFT 
Yukiko is a child of the Fox clan, possessed of a talent that if discovered, would see her executed by the Lotus Guild. Accompanying her father on the Shōgun’s hunt, she finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in Shima’s last wilderness, with only a furious, crippled thunder tiger for company. Even though she can hear his thoughts, even though she saved his life, all she knows for certain is he’d rather see her dead than help her. 
But together, the pair will form an indomitable friendship, and rise to challenge the might of an empire.

Words cannot express this feeling.

TIME TRAVEL MACHINE, NOW IS A GOOD TIME, PLEASE.

6 comments:

  1. STOOOOOORMDAAAAAAAAAAAANCER!
    ASHAGDJAFD. SERIOUSLY. YES. CAN'T WAIT TO READ. It's in my top 2... no, wait, 3, CAN'T WAIT TO READ books this year! It's this, along with Days of Blood and Starlight and The Casual Vacancy.

    *SOBS*
    ME CAN HAS NOW, YES?

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  2. Giiiirl I'm so freaking excited for this one too! It sounds so. freaking awesome. I requested this on Netgalley and I'm patiently waiting for the reply back! Great pick! :D

    My WoW: http://thedancingreaderreviews.blogspot.com/2012/07/waiting-on-mystic-city-by-theo-lawrence.html

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  3. This looks sooo, soooo good. Like, SO GOOD. And most people who have reviewed it already have said it's awesome, so you know - I want it now :P. Fab pick! :)

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  4. STORRRRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMDANCERRRRRR!! Was. Really. Fracking. Awesome.

    Who needs a time machine? JUST CANOE TO AUSTRALIA. LOTS OF COPIES EXIST HERE.

    So excited for you to read it!!

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  5. This book looks great; thank you for sharing :]! I just found your blog and will definitely be following it from now on. A few days ago I posted some summer reading lists on my new blog if you'd like to take a look: http://heartisinthewriteplace.blogspot.com/

    Thanks again!

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