She carries the pain of eight souls. He carries the burden of one sacred spirit. At a time when the balance of nature still held the civilizations of mankind in thrall, a single drought could spell the end of a society and doom its inhabitants to piteous deaths. Prince Chagum has been imbued with the power to stave off the drought and bring new life to his empire. However, this is a suspicious time, and he is accused of possession by an evil spirit. Court advisors only see one solution. Chagum must be put to death by his own father's hand. His salvation is in the form of Balsa, a spear woman and mercenary from Kanbal, the kingdom across the mountains. Her skills are legendary, and although reluctant, she is held by a mysterious vow to save eight souls before she dies. Can she fend off an entire empire and make Chagum her eighth soul? Uehashi Nahoko is the author and illustrator of the Moribito light novels. Futatsugi Saki is the co-author and Fujiwara Kamui is the artist of the manga. The manga is still being released and is up to 3 tankoubon. The manga series is published in Japan by Square Enix and isn't published in America, while the light novels are published in Japan by Kaiseisha and Shinchosha and in America by Scholastic.
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