Rin's story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The poppy war--an epic fantasy combining the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. Nikan is on the run from the murderous commands of the fiery Phoenix--the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power. Though she does not want to live, she refuses to die until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed Rin's homeland to its enemies.

Yoh and his friends must rescue Tao Ren, who has gotten himself locked in the family's dungeons after rebelling against his father. However, Yoh's influence has started to wear off and Ren has found a new weapon against his father's terrorism. Will Yoh and his friends be able to counter the horrible Way of the Tao?

An old enemy gets an upgrade when a ghost possesses a bandit from feudal Japan. Back in action with a new body to abuse, Tokagero is out for revenge against Amidamaru, the samurai who killed him 600 years ago, and Yoh, the shaman who channels him. Meanwhile, a strange comet hurtles towards Earth. Yoh, a shaman, meaning he has the ability to channel spirits, is training to compete in the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo," a tournament held every 500 years to...

When Sharon Li unexpectedly discovers she's a shaman, it's not a moment too soon: London's soul is lost. Using her newfound oneness with the City, she sets about saving London from inevitable demise, but the problem is she has no clue where to start. Meanwhile, a mysterious gate has opened, and there are creatures loose that won't wait for her to catch up before they go out hunting. Now Sharon and her motley crew of magical misfits must find a way...

"Sharon Li: apprentice shaman and community support officer for the magically inclined. It wasn't the career Sharon had in mind, but she's getting used to running Magicals Anonymous and learning how to Be One with the City. When the Midnight Mayor goes missing, leaving only a suspiciously innocent-looking umbrella behind him, Sharon finds herself promoted. Her first task: find the Midnight Mayor. The only clues she has are a city dryad's cryptic warning...

An avalanche roars through Tokyo as Yoh, the prodigal shaman of Japan, fights Horohoro, ice-wielding shaman of the Ainu. Next, Yoh is pitted against Faust VIII, descendant of the European sorcerer who made the original deal with the devil.

As his second Shaman Fight comes to an end, Yoh uses a last-ditch strategy--and his last mana--against Faust's army of skeletons. Recovering from his wounds in the hospital, Manta becomes separated from Yoh and makes a fateful decision to travel to Yoh's faraway home in Izumo, Japan--by motorcycle--with "Wooden Sword" Ryu for company. As Manta and Ryu travel across Japan, Yoh undergoes his own journey, descending into a pitch-black cave in search...

Fortunately, Yoh's journey to the caves of Izumo has boosted his mana and his confidence. In the final battle of the Shaman Fight preliminaries, Yoh is up against Tao Ren and his Over Soul, Bason. With Ren's awesome mana and control of Bason, can Yoh and Amidamaru hope to prevail?

Yoh and his friends must travel through a mountain range toward the site of the old Patch Village.

In a world where shamans communicate with the dead and call forth the power of legendary spirits to defeat their enemies in both body and soul, Yoh is a teenager with the ultimate ambition: to become the Shaman King, the one and only shaman who may commune with the Great Spirit and help remake the world for the better. But the road to this pinnacle of spiritual power runs through the Shaman Fight, a gauntlet of battles with rival mediums who call...