The Book of Heroes

( Japanese - Eiyu no sho ( 英雄の書 ) - 2010 )

novel by Miyuki Miyabe

Translated by Alexander O.Smith

Published; Haikasoru / Viz Media LLC - hardback - 2010
ISBN; 1421527758 / 9781421527758

Haikasoru / Viz Media LLC - trade paperback - 2011
ISBN: 1421540835 / 9781421540832

Haikasoru / Viz Media LLC - ebook - 2011
eISBN: 1421542889 / 9781421542881
ASIN: B006MZMTGU


Synopsis;
When her brother Hiroki disappears after a violent altercation with school bullies, the young Yuriko finds a magical book in his room. The book leads her to another world where she learns that Hiroki has been possessed by a spirit from the Book of Heroes. She visits the magical Nameless Land, where she is told how to save her brother, and is sent back to Earth with a young monk named Sora and the magical book, transformed into a mouse named Azu. Yuriko has to piece together the mystery of Hiroki, and has a library of powerful magical books at her disposal to do so!.

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