MORIBITO (Guardian)

Guardian of the Spirit

by Nahoko Uehashi

illus. by Makiko Futaki

Once every hundred years an egg containing a sacred spirit is implanted into the breast of an inhabitant of Sagu. If the egg is safely hatched, the land will be free of famines and natural disasters for the next century. This fantasy novel relates how a prince receives the egg, attempts to protect it from those who seek to destroy it.

22 x 16 cm, pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published July 1996

Rights sold: 

• Brazil
• Chile
• China
• Colombia
• France
• Indonesia
• Italy
• Korea
• Macedonia
• Russia
• Spain
• Taiwan
• US
• Vietnam