Description
Young Wataru Mitani's life is a mess. His father has abandoned him and his mother has been hospitalized after a suicide attempt. Desperately he searches for some way to change his life - a way to alter his fate.
To achieve his goal, he must leave his everyday existence and enter the magical world of Vision, a land filled with creatures both fierce and friendly. And to complicate matters, he must outwit a merciless rival from the real world. Wataru's ultimate destination is the Tower of Destiny where a goddess of fate awaits. Only when he has finished his journey and collected five elusive gemstones will he possess the Demon's Bane - the key that will unlock his future.
About the Author
Miyuki Miyabe's debut story, "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (Our neighbor's crime), won a new writer award in 1987, and since that time, she has become one of Japan's most popular and best-selling authors. Miyabe's fantasy novel Brave Story won the Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation from the American Library Association in 2007. The Gate of Sorrows is an adult novel in the same universe as The Book of Heroes (Haikasoru, 2010). Her other works available in English include All She Was Worth, Cross Fire, The Sleeping Dragon, Apparitions, ICO: Castle in the Mist, and more.
Book Information
ISBN 9781421527734
Author Miyuki Miyabe
Format Paperback
Page Count 818
Imprint Haikasoru
Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Series Brave Story
Weight(grams) 925g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 48mm
To achieve his goal, he must leave his everyday existence and enter the magical world of Vision, a land filled with creatures both fierce and friendly. And to complicate matters, he must outwit a merciless rival from the real world. Wataru's ultimate destination is the Tower of Destiny where a goddess of fate awaits. Only when he has finished his journey and collected five elusive gemstones will he possess the Demon's Bane - the key that will unlock his future.
About the Author
Miyuki Miyabe's debut story, "Warera ga rinjin no hanzai" (Our neighbor's crime), won a new writer award in 1987, and since that time, she has become one of Japan's most popular and best-selling authors. Miyabe's fantasy novel Brave Story won the Batchelder Award for best children's book in translation from the American Library Association in 2007. The Gate of Sorrows is an adult novel in the same universe as The Book of Heroes (Haikasoru, 2010). Her other works available in English include All She Was Worth, Cross Fire, The Sleeping Dragon, Apparitions, ICO: Castle in the Mist, and more.
Book Information
ISBN 9781421527734
Author Miyuki Miyabe
Format Paperback
Page Count 818
Imprint Haikasoru
Publisher Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Series Brave Story
Weight(grams) 925g
Dimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 48mm
