The Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy Book 8: The Shadows of War

Japan 1877. She fought for her identity. She won her dream. Now shes not sure she wants it.How can Toki-girl Azuki abandon what shes worked so hard to achieve when rebellion threatens to shatter the Japanese Empires fragile internal peace and fracture its relations with the outside world?Her uncle fears shes causing mysterious events sabotaging her family. Azukis dual human-toki nature means something far more ancient and elemental could be at work if only she can figure out what it is.Birds teach dragons to dance. Eastern and Western dragons unite even as humans splinter in conflict. Troops are on the move and tragedy looms as old ways clash with new hopes in Japan and the world. A princess wants to help the people she thinks shes failed. Her small brother cant keep a dangerous secret.Can Azuki stop the disruptions plaguing her family and help her nation prosper while trying to survive the rebellion shaking her countrys very soul?The Shadows of War is the eighth book in the gripping Toki-Girl and the Sparrow-Boy series where magical realism collides with historical fantasy in Claire Youmans enthralling Tales of the Meiji Era.