The Tiger's Daughter

(Paperback)

Publishing Details

Classifications

Physical Properties

Description

Even gods can be slain. The Hokkaran empire has conquered every land within their bold reach - but has failed to notice a lurking darkness festering within the people. Now, their border walls begin to crumble, and villages fall to demons that swarm out of the forests under the cover of night. Out on the silver steppes, remaining horse bound tribes of Qorin retreat and protect their own, having bartered a treaty with the emperor resting on the heads of the next generation. It is up to two young warriors, having grown up together across borders since their prophesied birth, to save the world from the encroaching demons. This is the story of an infamous Qorin warrior, Barsalayaa Shefali, a spoiled divine warrior empress, O-Shizuka, and a power that can reach through time and space to save a land from a truly insidious evil.

Reviews

Praise for The Tiger's Daughter

"K Arsenault Rivera turns many of the standard conventions of fantasy on their heads....A love letter... lavishly chronicling how two women fall in love.... thoughtfully rendered and palpably felt." -- The Washington Post

"Rivera's immense imagination and finely detailed worldbuilding have produced a series introduction of mammoth scope." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"The Tiger's Daughter sinks its claws into a reader and refuses to let them go until the very last page...As a word, ambitious sums up this debut." --Culturess

"The epistolary tale at the heart of The Tiger's Daughter unfolds with deceptive elegance, leading the reader to a conclusion at once unexpected, touching, and apt." --Jacqueline Carey, author of the bestselling Kushiel's Legacy series

"A layered and mesmerizing tale of love and legends, this fierce story will settle in your bones like a chill and leave your heart aching." --Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen

"Delicate, intricate, inevitable...a stunning debut. It took my breath away." --Seanan McGuire, New York Times bestselling author of Every Heart a Doorway

Author Bio

K Arsenault Rivera was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, but moved to New York when she was a toddler. While not managing a nutritional supplement store in Brooklyn, K is an avid participant in the role-playing community, from which she drew inspiration for her debut novel, The Tiger's Daughter. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her partner.