Pieces of the scroll are scattered across the land, hunted by the most dangerous and powerful beings human and demon. Yumeko knows he seeks what she has…and is under orders to kill anything and anyone who stands between him and the scroll.Ī wish will be granted and a new age will dawn. In Shadow of the Fox, every thousand years a great dragon emerges from the sea to grant a wish to whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers. Fate thrusts her into the path of a mysterious samurai, Kage Tatsumi of the Shadow Clan. Yumeko escapes with the temple’s greatest treasure – one part of the ancient scroll. The holder of the first piece is a humble, unknown peasant girl with a dangerous secret.ĭemons have burned to the ground the temple Yumeko was raised in, killing everyone within, including the master who trained her to both use and hide her kitsune shapeshifting powers. The time is near…and the missing pieces of the scroll will be sought throughout the land of Iwagoto.

Prepare to be captivated by the first book of an enchanting new young adult fantasy series, Shadow of the Fox!Įvery millennium, one age ends and another age dawns…and whoever holds the Scroll of a Thousand Prayers holds the power to call the great Kami Dragon from the sea and ask for any one wish.

After the events at the end of-of Shadow of the Fox, Yumeko has a choice: try to save Tatsumi, or do as she promised and deliver her piece of the scroll to the Steel Feather monastery in the mountains far away.

Enter a beautiful and perilous land of shapeshifters and samurai, kami and legends, humans and demons…a world in which Japanese mythology and imagination blend together to create a brand-new and lushly drawn fantasy adventure. The first book in the Shadow of the Fox trilogy introduces readers to a young half-human, half-kitsune (fox spirit) named Yumeko. (Possible spoilers for Shadow of the Fox).

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