A deathbed promise will leave her with a dragon's pearl. Her only hope is to seize her kingdom back and defeat her evil stepmother. And her powers are to remain a secret, for if a word of her gift escapes her, her stepmother's curse will kill her brothers, who have been conveniently transformed into cranes. Shiori is soon banished, left to live the life of a beggar on the streets. While she frees herself from the marriage she never wanted, she also gains an enemy. And she has a secret, which, on the day of her wedding, escapes her and reveals to her everyone that she is MAGICAL.

A promised princess to a man she could not want to marry any less.

This is a beautiful and immersive YA fantasy, set in an East-Asian inspired world, by Elizabeth Lim, the author of Spin the Dawn. It will take every ounce of strength Shiori can muster to defend the life and the love she's fought so hard to win.Based on the Grimm brothers' The Six Swans fairytale, this amazing series will captivate you with its arranged marriage trope and dragons, curses and.quests! A princess in exile. The pearl itself is no ordinary cargo it thrums with malevolent power, jumping to Shiori's aid one minute, and betraying her the next - threatening to shatter her family and sever the thread of fate that binds her to her true love.

She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all the while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood. Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined. Shiori's quest continues in the soaring sequel to the New York Times bestselling young adult fantasy Six Crimson Cranes. And a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world, or break it. 'A dazzling fairytale' Stephanie Garber, on Six Crimson CranesĪ dragon's kingdom. Print The Dragon's Promise (#2 Six Crimson Cranes)

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