Princess Shiori’anma hides a forbidden secret: magic flows through her veins. On the morning of her betrothal ceremony, she loses control, delaying a marriage she never wanted but drawing the wrath of her stepmother, Raikama.
A powerful sorceress, Raikama banishes Shiori, curses her six brothers into cranes, and seals her voice with a cruel warning. For every word Shiori speaks, one brother will die.
Penniless and alone, Shiori sets out to find her brothers. Along the way she uncovers a conspiracy to seize the throne and discovers allies in unlikely forms: a paper bird, a sharp-tongued dragon, and the boy she once refused to marry.
To save her family and her kingdom, Shiori must embrace the magic she has always been taught to fear.
