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|title=Stormdancer

|author=Jay Kristoff

|publisher=Tor

|date=September 2012

|website=http://www.jaykristoff.com

|video=mei6yRz7pTU

|summary=The good news? This is Japanese steampunk as written by an Aussie: fast, exciting, thoughtful/thought provoking and allegorically intelligent whilst peppered with a wry sense of humour. The bad news? It's only 352 pages long.

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Warrior Masaru has raised his daughter, Yukiko, alone since his wife left. Yukiko is now 16; a feat more due latterly to her own strength and resourcefulness than his care. For since his wife's departure, Masaru has gone to pieces, addicted to gambling and the narcotic effects of lotus smoke. The days when he was the legendary Black Fox are behind him which is a shame as the Shogun (not a man known for calm reasoning or lack of ferocity) has a mission for them. Masaru, Yukiko and an entourage must hunt and capture the legendary thundertiger. But they're extinct aren't they? Well, no, they aren't as Yukiko discovers when the hunt goes terribly wrong and she's left alone with just a thundertiger for company. She fights to find a way home, learning as she goes the full extent to which the Shogun has worked against the good of the nation in general and her family in particular. And the thundertiger? Let's just say he's had his wings clipped and he's not happy about it.