The Rainshadow Orphans by Naomi Ishiguro

The first novel in a dazzling anime-inspired fantasy series, set within a mythical archipelago brimming with dragons and Sun Spirits, high-tech hackers and bubble tea.

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Life is hard for the inhabitants of Rainshadow City, a place where poverty and corruption are rife and where they are terrorised by an underground criminal organisation known as the Lucky Crows.

Toshiko, Jun and Mei Kawakami are a family, bonded through loyalty if not blood. They live outside the city’s increasingly corrupt law and are seeking revenge on the Lucky Crows for the murder of their beloved ‘aunt’ Reiko.

When Toshiko steals a dragon pearl from the leader of the Crows, it sets them all on a thrilling path which will determine the future of Rainshadow City. Tightly set across two days and peopled with unforgettable characters, The Rainshadow Orphans blends the anime fantasy of works from Studio Ghibli and Pokemon and the science fiction of revolutionary cyberpunk like Akira to explore what it means to stand up to corruption and take charge of destiny.

About the Author: Naomi Ishiguro was born in London, in 1992. Her debut novel, Common Ground, was published by Tinder Press in the spring of 2021, and her collection of stories, titled Escape Routes, was published in the spring of 2020 (also by Tinder Press). She’s a graduate of the University of East Anglia’s MFA Creative Writing Programme, and has worked as both a secondary school English teacher and a freelance creative writing teacher. She also spent a lovely two years in her early 20s working as a bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath.

26 May 2026
 

The Rainshadow Orphans: Volume 1 by Naomi Ishiguro ISBN 9781761633119