Authors

Yurun tribe

Priestess of the Moon

by Takaya Hama
illus. by Shuji Tateishi

Ages 10 UP

This book covers the earliest period yet in the history of the Yurun tribe of Central Asia. A number of stories are interwoven in a complex pattern, among them the tale of how the tribe gained iron. Ingredients in this heroic adventure include wars, the death of a king and human sacrifice.

21 x 16 cm, 340 pages, Black-and-white illustrations
First published May 1991