Review: Stormdancer

Title: Stormdancer Series: The Lotus War # 1 Genre: Young Adult-Steampunk/ Fantasy Author: Jay Kristoff Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books Release Date: September 18, 2012 Book: ARC sent by publisher “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 QUESTThe hunters of Shima’s imperial court are charged by their Sh?gun to capture a thunder tiger—a legendary creature, half-eagle, half-tiger. But any fool knows the beasts have been...

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