Publishers Weekly reviews Mirror Sword

With less than a month left till the release of Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince, today Publishers Weekly posted their review of the novel. ….Ogiwara avoids the temptation to write a simple quest story; the representations of divine power are more burdens than gifts, weighing possessors down with obligation and terrible temptations, and while Oguna …

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DSWC review and Hakuchou Iden news

Another review from 2007, dated but still relevant and compelling, by Lesley Smith: “Everyone has books that they grew up reading, titles which have as much power over them as adults as they did when seven years old. I’d love to say that Dragon Sword and Wind Child (空色勾玉 or Sora Iro Magatama) was one …

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