The Sword of Kaigen

\"Fantasy and martial arts aficionados alike should enjoy this emotionally supercharged novel about love and loss which pierces readers' hearts with the precision of a samurai's razor-sharp blade.\" - Blue Ink ★ Starred Review \"The Poppy War's darkness meets The Last Airbender's Elemental Magic... I haven't been so emotionally moved by a book in a long while.\" - JC Kang USA Today Bestselling Author of The Dragon Songs Saga On a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire's enemies at bay earning their frozen spit of land the name 'The Sword of Kaigen.' Born into Kusanagi's legendary Matsuda family fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family's fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrive