The Ember Blade

BORN WITHOUT A FLAME. CHOSEN BY A BLADE OLDER THAN THE KINGDOM.

Every child in Hinomori is born with a spirit flame. Sixteen-year-old blacksmith's apprentice Ren Hoshino was born with none.

Mocked as "the Hollow Boy," Ren has one impossible dream: to hold a sword. Then the moon begins to die. Shadow-demons pour out of the mountains. And in a hidden cellar, a legendary blade wakes in his hands, along with a sarcastic, dumpling-obsessed, nine-tailed fox spirit who has been waiting four hundred years for someone exactly like him.

Ninety-nine days remain until the Moonless Night, when the sky goes dark and every shadow ever sealed will walk free. With a runaway wind archer, a gentle giant of a monk who has sworn never to take a life, and a lightning-fast rival with a secret of his own, Ren must climb the mountain of the Hollow King and discover what it truly means to be empty.

INSIDE THIS HARDCOVER EDITION:
◆ 22 action-packed chapters, each opening with a full-page ink illustration
◆ A hand-drawn style map of the Kingdom of Hinomori
◆ Character guide, glossary and sound-effects dictionary
◆ The Reader's Dojo: discussion questions and activities
◆ A bonus sneak peek of Book Two, The Crimson Sea

PERFECT FOR READERS WHO LOVE shonen-style battles, samurai-inspired fantasy, found-family friendships, fox spirits, chosen-one quests, and stories where the "weakest" hero turns out to be the heart of everything.

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