Tundra is very excited to be publishing Rebel Fire on September 3, 2024! Written by Ann Sei Lin, Rebel Fire is the second book in the Rebel Skies fantasy YA series, set in a world of flying ships, sky cities and rebel uprisings.
A Note from Ann:
Dear readers,
A huge thank you to everyone for being here and for following this adventure through with me! Kurara’s story begins in Rebel Skies with paper. It begins on a floating banquet hall in the middle of the sky when her ability to make origami animals dance brings her a little too much attention. In Rebel Fire, the journey continues with paper. With questions about what these paper creatures known as shikigami really are, and if they truly have a soul.
I believe that paper is a metaphor for possibility – a blank canvas for you to draw, paint, or write whatever is in your heart. As you read Rebel Fire, I hope that you too will fall in love with the possibilities this world and its characters have to offer.
Thank you again to everyone for joining Kurara on this journey.
– Ann Sei Lin
Cover Art: Amir Zand
Rebel Fire
By Ann Sei Lin
352 Pages | Ages 12+ | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774884010 | Tundra Books
Release Date: September 3, 2024
Kurara has barely escaped the grasp of Princess Tsukimi. Reeling from her Crafter mentor’s grim betrayal, Kurara and her friends are desperate to catch up with their old airship, even if it means they have to do it on foot. But after everything she’s been through, Kurara refuses to give up on understanding and freeing the shikigami, origami creatures enchanted to life, nor will she stop at anything to understand her mysterious past, no matter who tries to interfere . . . or what dark truths about her role in the war may surface, the farther south she goes. Her goal is the Grand Stream, where Suzaku, the greatest shikigami of all, likes in furious wait. But Kurara isn’t the only one searching for Suzaku. Traveling through forests, seas and the ruins of an underground Crafter city, there is no shortage of enemies who wish to control Kurara and the shikigami of the world for their own ends. When a bloody confrontation leads to horrifying revelations about the true nature of shikigami and Kurara’s past, Kurara will need all the support she can muster just to carry on.
Also by Ann Sei Lin:
Rebel Skies
By Ann Sei Lin
352 Pages | Ages 12+ | Hardcover
ISBN 9781774883983 | Tundra Books
Kurara has never known any other life than being a servant onboard the Midori, a flying ship serving the military elite of the Mikoshiman Empire, a vast realm of floating cities. Kurara also has a secret – she can make folded paper figures come to life with a flick of her finger. But when the Midori is attacked and Kurara’s secret turns out to be a power treasured across the empire, a gut-wrenching escape leads her to the gruff Himura, who takes her under his wing. Under Himura’s tutelage, and with the grudging support and friendship of his crew, Kurara learns to hunt shikigami – wild paper spirits sought after by the Princess of Mikoshima. But what does the princess really want with the shikigami? Are they merely enchanted figures without will or thought, or are they beings with souls and minds of their own? As fractures begin to appear both across the empire and within Kurara’s understanding of herself, Kurara will have to decide who she can trust. Her fate, and the fate of her friends – and even the world – may rest on her choice. And time is running out.