{"product_id":"the-guin-saga-book-one-isbn-9781932234817","title":"The Guin Saga: Book One","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Guin Saga\u003c\/i\u003e is epic heroic fantasy in the same vein as Robert E. Howard's \u003ci\u003eConan,  the Barbarian.\u003c\/i\u003e More than a hundred books strong and growing, the saga has sold more than twenty-five million copies in Japan. Vertical will publish the first five installments that comprise \"The Marches Episode\" arc. Each paperback edition will feature artwork taken from the original Japanese editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a single day and night of fierce fighting, the Archduchy of Mongaul has overrun its elegant neighbor, Parros. The lost priest kingdom's surviving royalty, the young twins Rinda and Remus, hide in a forest in the forbidding wild marshes. There they are saved by a mysterious creature with a man's body and a leopard's head, who has emerged from a deep sleep and remembers only his name. Guin.“A rousing tale of intrepid heroes, horrid villains and wicked supernatural creatures.” –\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eThe Guin Saga\u003c\/i\u003e was the most [inspiration for \u003ci\u003eBerserk\u003c\/i\u003e]. I started reading it in junior high and I’m still reading the new volume every month.” –\u003ci\u003eBerserk\u003c\/i\u003e creator Kentaro Miura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is classic fantasy at its best.” –\u003ci\u003eBook Sense\u003c\/i\u003e (Fall 2003 Science Fiction and Fantasy Top Ten)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Readers should be warned that once you start this journey, it will be nearly impossible to leave it unfinished.” –\u003ci\u003e SFRevu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Japan’s answer to \u003ci\u003eThe Lord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e.” –\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Kaoru Kurimoto manages the flurry of situations being set up and resolved like the trick of a putting a hand on a table with fingers spread out, then stabbing a blade between the outstretched digits. The speed and coordination is that amazing.” –Scott Green, \u003ci\u003eAin’t It Cool News\u003c\/i\u003eAuthor Kaoru Kurimoto, winner of the Edogawa Rampo and Yoshikawa Eiji Awards, lives in Tokyo Japan.","brand":"Vertical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303127830757,"sku":"NP9781932234817","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932234817.jpg?v=1767739686","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-guin-saga-book-one-isbn-9781932234817","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}