The people of Kiata have deep roots within their culture and are storytelling people, even Shiori who is more likely to daydream about rice cakes than pay attention to her history lessons. US cover art by Tran Nguyen A World rich with Loreįrom Rabbit Mountain to the Dragon King, the lore told within the Six Crimson Cranes illuminated every corner of this book. With a bowl fused to her head and a warning that every word she speaks will be a death sentence for her brothers, Shiori must brave the wilderness, magic, dragons, and war before she can break their terrible curse. Raikama banishes the princess and turns her brothers into six cranes with crimson crowns. She conceals her forbidden powers, but when she uncovers a greater secret, she is confronted by her stepmother, the Empress Consort Raikama. As their last summer together approaches before adulthood, Shiori discovers a part of herself that she had inadvertently locked away. Princess Shiori of Kiata is the youngest sister of six brothers. Six Crimson Cranes is book one of Elizabeth Lim’s duology.
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