Guin Saga: Book One, The : The Leopard Mask: 1 - Softcover

Kaoru Kurimoto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932234810 ISBN 13: 9781932234817

Publisher: VERTICAL, 2007

Synopsis

In a single day and night of fierce fighting , the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbour, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild marches. Then they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head who has just emerged from a deep sleep and remembers only his name, Guin. The critically acclaimed fantasy classic by Japan's queen of the genre now available in paperback.

About this title

Review:

"A rousing tale of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures." -Publishers Weekly

"The Guin Saga was the most [inspiration for Berserk]. I started reading it in junior high and I'm still reading the new volume every month." -Berserk creator Kentaro Miura

"This is classic fantasy at its best." -Book Sense (Fall 2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten)

"Readers should be warned that once you start this journey, it will be nearly impossible to leave it unfinished." - SFRevu

"Japan's answer to The Lord of the Rings." -The Globe and Mail

"Kaoru Kurimoto manages the flurry of situations being set up and resolved like the trick of a putting a hand on a table with fingers spread out, then stabbing a blade between the outstretched digits. The speed and coordination is that amazing." -Scott Green, Ain't It Cool News

About the Author:

Author Kaoru Kurimoto, winner of the Edogawa Rampo and Yoshikawa Eiji Awards, lives in Tokyo Japan.

About this edition

• Publisher: VERTICAL
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1932234810
• ISBN 13: 9781932234817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288