The Rising Tide was an exciting book. From the first page, everything starts spiralling towards the final battle with the Crimson Robe. And, as far as the battle aspect of the story went, it was done very well. It was non-stop action, plenty of fight scenes, and quite a bit of character introspectio...
There's even more Japanese folklore in the third book than there was in the second one. (Tengu!!!) The plot is also clipping along nicely. Each book progressively gets faster, and more exciting.Nagomi definitely grew a lot in this book. Before, she's just sort of been there on the sidelines, but she...
The second book in the Year of the Dragon series picks up where the first one left off. Our heroes must leave on a journey to find Bran's dragon, and Sato's father. There's also a lot of political intrigue going on...a lot more than I had expected from a fantasy series.Because this book doesn't have...