Seven Deadly Shadows

by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani

Book Overview

This thrilling YA retelling of Kurosawa's Seven Samurai features a girl tasked with saving the world from eternal darkness. Perfect for fans of Six of Crows and Marie Lu.

Seventeen-year-old Kira Fujikawa has never had it easy. She's bullied by the popular girls in school. Her parents ignore her. And she's also plagued with a secret: She can see yokai, the ghosts and demons that haunt the streets of Kyoto.

But things accelerate from bad to worse when she learns that Shuten-doji, the demon king, will rise at the next blood moon to hunt down an ancient relic and bring the world to a catastrophic end.

Not exactly skilled at fighting anything, much less the dead, Kira enlists the aid of seven powerful death gods to help her slay Shuten-doji. They include Shiro, a kitsune with boy-band looks who is more flirtatious than helpful, and O-bei, a regal demon courtier with reasons of her own for getting involved.

As the confrontation with Shuten-doji draws nearer, the fate of Japan hangs in the balance. Can Kira save humankind? Or will the demon king succeed in bringing eternal darkness upon the world?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006257082X
• ISBN13: 9780062570826
• Release Date: January 2021
• Publisher: Quill Tree Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 7.9"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher