The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow

About “The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow”

The Twelve Kingdoms is a series of fantasy novels written by Japanese author Fuyumi Ono and illustrated by Akihiro Yamada. The first book, The Twelve Kingdoms: Sea of Shadow, was published by Kodansha in Japan in 1992. The series was originally released through Kodansha, with the last volume published in 2001. In 2012, the series was continued under the Shinchō Bunko line from Shinchosha. Shinchosha also began reissuing the earlier volumes with updated cover and interior art by Yamada. The first new release in six years was published in 2019. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)