The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One by Ishiguro, Naomi
The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One by Ishiguro, Naomi

The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One

Featuring stenciled edges and original art for the front and back endpapers. The first novel in a...
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Author: Naomi Ishiguro
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One by Ishiguro, Naomi

The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One

$38.40
The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One by Ishiguro, Naomi

The Rainshadow Orphans: The Rainshadow Series, Book One

$38.40
Author: Naomi Ishiguro
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Featuring stenciled edges and original art for the front and back endpapers.

The first novel in a dazzling fantasy trilogy inspired by Japanese folklore and Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits, high-tech hackers and bubble tea.

Life is hard for the inhabitants of Rainshadow City, a place where poverty and corruption are rife and where they are terrorized by an underground criminal organization known as the Lucky Crows.

Toshiko, Jun and Mei Kawakami are a family, bonded through loyalty if not blood, who live outside the increasingly corrupt law and who are seeking revenge for the murder of their beloved "aunt" Reiko by the Lucky Crows. Haru is the son of the Emperor, destined to one day rule over the Archipelago and uphold his mother's ignoble legacy, but he is more interested in making friends with the magical Sun Spirits it seems only he can see. Theo, forced to leave his homeland, is a reluctant foot-soldier for the Lucky Crows. He doesn't want to be a gangster, but as an illegal immigrant to the city, his choices are severely limited.

When Toshiko steals a dragon pearl from the leader of the Crows, it sets them all on a thrilling path which will determine the future of Rainshadow City. Tightly set across two days and peopled with unforgettable characters, The Rainshadow Orphans blends the anime fantasy of works like Pokémon and Studio Ghibli and the anime science fiction of revolutionary cyberpunk like Akira to explore what it means to stand up to corruption and take charge of destiny.

Author: Naomi Ishiguro
Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
Published: 05/26/2026
Pages: 640
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.90w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9781668206874


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 04/01/2026 pg. 52
Booklist 05/01/2026

About the Author
Naomi Ishiguro is the author of the novel Common Ground and the collection of stories Escape Routes. She's a graduate of the University of East Anglia's MFA Creative Writing program, and has worked as both a secondary school English teacher and a freelance creative writing teacher. She also spent two lovely years in her early twenties working as a bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath.
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