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Guin Saga Book 1: the Leopard Mask by Kaoru Kurimoto (2003, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKodansha America, Incorporated

ISBN-101932234519

ISBN-139781932234510

eBay Product ID (ePID)2445057

Product Key Features

Book TitleGuin Saga Book 1: the Leopard Mask

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFantasy / General, Fantasy / Epic

Publication Year2003

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorKaoru Kurimoto

Book SeriesThe Guin Saga Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight15.3 Oz

Item Length8.8 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2003-270145

TitleLeadingThe

Reviews"A rousing tale of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures."Publishers Weekly "The Guin Saga was the most [inspiration for Berserk]. I started reading it in junior high and I'm still reading the new volume every month." Berserkcreator Kentaro Miura "This is classic fantasy at its best." Book Sense(Fall 2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten) "Readers should be warned that once you start this journey, it will be nearly impossible to leave it unfinished." SFRevu "Japan's answer to The Lord of the Rings." The Globe and Mail "Kaoru Kurimoto manages the flurry of situations being set up and resolved like the trick of a putting a hand on a table with fingers spread out, then stabbing a blade between the outstretched digits. The speed and coordination is that amazing." Scott Green,Ain't It Cool News, "A rousing tale of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures." Publishers Weekly "The Guin Saga was the most [inspiration for Berserk]. I started reading it in junior high and I'm still reading the new volume every month." Berserk creator Kentaro Miura "This is classic fantasy at its best." Book Sense (Fall 2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten) "Readers should be warned that once you start this journey, it will be nearly impossible to leave it unfinished." SFRevu "Japan's answer to The Lord of the Rings." The Globe and Mail "Kaoru Kurimoto manages the flurry of situations being set up and resolved like the trick of a putting a hand on a table with fingers spread out, then stabbing a blade between the outstretched digits. The speed and coordination is that amazing." Scott Green, Ain't It Cool News, "A rousing tale of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures." Publishers Weekly "The Guin Sagawas the most [inspiration forBerserk]. I started reading it in junior high and I'm still reading the new volume every month." Berserkcreator Kentaro Miura "This is classic fantasy at its best." Book Sense(Fall 2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten) "Readers should be warned that once you start this journey, it will be nearly impossible to leave it unfinished." SFRevu "Japan's answer toThe Lord of the Rings." The Globe and Mail "Kaoru Kurimoto manages the flurry of situations being set up and resolved like the trick of a putting a hand on a table with fingers spread out, then stabbing a blade between the outstretched digits. The speed and coordination is that amazing." Scott Green,Ain't It Cool News

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromFifth Grade

Series Volume Number1

Dewey Decimal895.635

SynopsisThe Guin Saga is epic heroic fantasy in the smae vein as Robert E. Howard's Conan, the Barbarian. More than a hundred books strong and growing, the saga has sold more than twenty-five million copies in Japan. Vertical will publish the first five installments that comprise "The Marches Episode" arc. In a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kindgom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wil marches. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's heas, who has emerged from a deep sleep and remembers only his name. Guin., When The Leopard Mask was first published to kick off a fantasy epic announced to extend to a full hundred instalments, many were incredulous. Eighty-six books later, The Guin Saga continues to set new records in Japan with new instalments routinely making best-seller lists. Kurimoto's lifework, a fantasy epic of uncommon richness and intrigue, will enthral readers of all ages with its universal themes. Her saga of two orphaned royal twins, Rinda and Remus, and the man-beast Guin, who is their saviour, is storytelling at its best. The saga starts here, with the Leopard Mask., When The Leopard Mask was first published to kick,off a fantasy epic announced to extend to a full,hundred instalments, many were incredulous.,Eighty-six books later, The Guin Saga continues to,set new records in Japan with new instalments,routinely making best-seller lists. Kurimoto's,lifework, a fantasy epic of uncommon richness and,intrigue, will enthral readers of all ages with,its universal themes. Her saga of two orphaned,royal twins, Rinda and Remus, and the man-beast,Guin, who is their saviour, is storytelling at its,best. The saga starts here, with the Leopard Mask.

LC Classification NumberPL855.U675H9613 2002