{"product_id":"the-rainshadow-orphans-hardcover","title":"The Rainshadow Orphans (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eThe first novel in a dazzling fantasy trilogy inspired by Japanese folklore and Studio Ghibli, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits, high-tech hackers and bubble tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e'The world is richly detailed, the stakes are high as a dragon flies, and the pace is addictive. Pick it up now’ \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003eSAMANTHA SHANNON, internationally bestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Priory of the Orange Tree\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003e‘\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Rainshadow Orphans\u003c\/span\u003e shimmers with wondrous worldbuilding and sublime writing.\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003e' AF STEADMAN, internationally bestselling author of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eSkandar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\" style=\"\"\u003e series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eLife is hard in Rainshadow City, a place where poverty and corruption are rife and where inhabitants are terrorized by an underground criminal organization known as the Lucky Crows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eToshiko, Jun and Mei Kawakami are family, bonded through loyalty if not by blood. They live outside the city’s increasingly corrupt law and are seeking revenge on the Lucky Crows for the murder of their beloved ‘aunt’ Reiko. Haru is the son of the Emperor, destined to one day rule over the whole Rainshadow Archipelago and uphold his mother’s ignoble legacy. Currently however, he seems more interested in making friends with magical Sun Spirits that only he can see. Theo, forced to leave his homeland, is a reluctant foot-soldier for the Lucky Crows. He doesn’t want to be a gangster, but as an illegal immigrant to the city, his choices are severely limited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 14px;\"\u003eWhen Toshiko steals a dragon pearl from the leader of the Crows, she begins a daring adventure that will put them all on a thrilling path to determine the future of Rainshadow City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003eTightly set across two days and peopled with unforgettable characters, \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Rainshadow Orphans \u003c\/span\u003edraws on the charm of anime like\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003e Pokémon \u003c\/span\u003eand the works of Studio Ghibli, as well as on the gripping, fast-paced fantasy plots of series like \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"\"\u003eThe Legend of Korra\u003c\/span\u003e, to explore what it means to stand up to corruption and take charge of destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;\"\u003eNaomi Ishiguro was born in London in 1992. Her debut novel, Common Ground, was published by Tinder Press in the spring of 2021, and her collection of stories, titled Escape Routes, was published in the spring of 2020 (also by Tinder Press). She is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's MFA Creative Writing Programme, and has worked as both a secondary school English teacher and a freelance creative writing teacher. She also spent a lovely two years in her early twenties working as a bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr. B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45079486234831,"sku":"9781398545007","price":27.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_27af1c73-dfc6-48cc-9309-102d9fb98ea0.jpg?v=1779422186","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/the-rainshadow-orphans-hardcover","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}