Toru: Wayfarer Returns - Couverture souple

Sorensen, Stephanie R

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0996932313 ISBN 13 : 9780996932318

Editeur : Palantir Press LLC, 2016

Synopsis

A Japan that might have been... Revolutionary young samurai take on the West in this alternate history technofantasy set in 1850s samurai-era Japan. In Japan of 1852, the peace imposed by the Tokugawa Shoguns has lasted 250 years. Peace has turned to stagnation, however, as the commoners grow impoverished and their lords restless. Swords rust. Martial values decay. Foreign barbarians circle the island nation’s closed borders like vultures, growing ever more demanding. Toru, a shipwrecked young fisherman rescued by American traders and taken to America, defies the Shogun’s ban on returning to Japan, determined to save his homeland from foreign invasion. Can he rouse his countrymen in time? Or will the cruel Shogun carry out his vow to execute all who set foot in Japan after traveling abroad? Armed only with his will, a few books, dirigible plans and dangerous ideas, Toru must transform the Emperor’s realm before the Black Ships come. Toru: Wayfarer Returns is an alternate history steampunk technofantasy set in 1850s samurai-era Japan and is the first book in the Sakura Steam Series, an alternate history of the tumultuous period from the opening of Japan in 1853 to the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Readers who enjoy steampunk alternate histories more typically set in Victorian England or the American Wild West may enjoy this steampunk story made fresh by the Japanese samurai setting, as well as readers who enjoy historical fiction set in Japan.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephanie R. Sorensen is a writer based in the Victorian mining town of Leadville, Colorado, where she lives at 10,000 feet with her husband, five chickens, two bantam English game hens and one Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. She likes her Victorian attire spiced with a little neo-Victorian futurism and the biggest bustle possible. Recognition for Stephanie's debut novel "Toru: Wayfarer Returns" -- Grand Prize Shortlist, Honorable Mention Commercial Fiction, 2017 Eric Hoffer Book Awards -- Bronze Medal, Fiction, 2016 Wishing Shelf Book Award -- Finalist, Fantasy category, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards -- Finalist (Winners TBD), Multicultural Adult Fiction, 2016 Foreword INDIES Awards -- Bronze Medal Award, Multicultural Fiction category, 2016 eLit Book Awards -- Awesome Indies Approved -- IndieB.R.A.G Medallion Award -- Shortlisted (winners TBD), Science Fiction and Speculative Fiction, 2016 Cygnus Awards Contact the author and learn about upcoming titles through www.stephaniersorensen.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palantir Press LLC
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0996932313
• ISBN 13: 9780996932318
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 274
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg