The Lotus War

Genres: Epic Fantasy; Fantasy; Dark Fantasy

Synopsis

From Book 1:

Griffins are supposed to be extinct. So when Yukiko and her warrior father are sent to capture one for the Shogun, they fear that their lives are over. Soon Yukiko finds herself stranded: a young woman alone in the wilderness, with only a furious, crippled griffin for company. As Yukiko learns the horrifying extent of the Shogun's crimes against her country and her family, she becomes determined to make him pay.