Abstract

In Nalumaan, a city of water blooming in the desert, the king used demons to protect his country. Harun, a boy suspected of theft in Nalumaan's capital, barely escapes with his life and reaches a tower where a young girl is imprisoned. Harun rescues the mysterious girl, who doesn't even know her own name, and they escape the tower, luckily being rescued by the female captain of a passing winged ship. But the Narman army is pursuing them. An otherworldly fantasy from the author of the "Yokai no Ko" series.

Author’s Information

Reiko Hiroshima debuted with Sui-yo no Mori (Forest of Water Yokai) [MOU4.1]in 2006, which won Grand-prix in Junior Adventure Novels Award. She is the author of the much loved series “Fushigi Dagashi-ya Zenitendo (Mysterious Candy Store ‘Zenitendo’)” which received first place in the Fourth Children’s Book Pole in 2022 and the anime version has been broadcast on NHK. Her other books include “Yokai no Ko Azukarimasu (Nightfall Brings New Friends)” series and the sequel “Yokai no Ko Sodatemasu (We Raise Yokai Children)” series (available as paperback and children’s books), the “Ju-nen-ya (Decade Shop)” series, the “Himitsu ni Michita Maseki-kan (Secret-filled Maseki-kan)” series, the “Oni Asobi (Demon Play)” series, Okuri-bito no Musume (The Daughter of Undertaker), Hikaji no Musume (The Daughter of Blacksmith), Tamashii o Ou Monotachi (Those Who Chase the Sprits), Tori-kago no Ie (A House of Birdcage), and Ginju no Tsudoi (A Gathering of Silver Beasts). A popular author among wide range of generations.