The Twelve Kingdoms: Skies of Dawn
by:
Fuyumi Ono (author)
小野 不由美 (author)
山田 章博 (author)
Akihiro Yamada (illustrator)
Alexander O. Smith (translator)
After a year of depending on her ministers to govern the kingdom of Kei, Yoko follows Keiki's advice and descends the mountain to live among her people, eager to learn how to be a better leader from the village's wise-man, Enho. However, when Enho is kidnapped, Yoko finds herself thrust into an...
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After a year of depending on her ministers to govern the kingdom of Kei, Yoko follows Keiki's advice and descends the mountain to live among her people, eager to learn how to be a better leader from the village's wise-man, Enho. However, when Enho is kidnapped, Yoko finds herself thrust into an all-out war between the kingdoms. Friendships and alliances are put to the test during the Battle of Wa Province. Can Yoko summon the strength to take up her responsibilities as king?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781427802606 (1427802602)
Publish date: 08-12-2010
Publisher: PopFiction
Pages no: 650
Edition language: English
Series: The Twelve Kingdoms (#4)
[If you want a review of the story, check out my 2015 post about Tokyopop's release. This particular post is limited to comments about Woodbury's fan translation.] I wanted to read Youko's arc all in one go, so I went straight from Woodbury's translation of the first book to this one, which takes ...
I have now finished all of the books in this series that were licensed and translated into English. If I could ask for one Tokyopop license rescue that hasn't already been announced, I'd ask for this. Ono created a fascinating world, and I'd happily read more about it.Skies of Dawn is probably the m...
This book is by far my favourite in the series, absolutely amazing in terms of both plot and (especially!) character development. Which is why I feel it would be unfair to lower my rating because of the quality of the translation/editing, even though it was quite outrageous: whole words and, I hear,...
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