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Fuyumi Ono is a novelist in Japan best known for her series The Twelve Kingdoms.

Akihiro Yamada is an award-winning manga creator and illustrator in Japan known for his series Last Continent and his artwork in The Twelve Kingdoms and Legend of Lodoss.

A LIFE DISPLACED AND A DESTINY IN QUESTION

Taiki, the young black-haired Kirin of the kingdom of Tai is presented with an impossible task. A noble beast shouldered with the duty of selecting the next ruler, he was stolen away by a storm and sent to Japan, where he would be born to a human mother. It&rsquo,s now taken ten years to return Taiki to the land he should&rsquo,ve been calling home, but can he truly take up the mantle of Kirin and choose the kingdom&rsquo,s next ruler?

The epic novel series that inspired a hit anime, now with an all-new translation and new illustrations!