The Tiger's Daughter
core novel 2017 Their Bright Ascendency
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.85 (4,257 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780765392534 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Tiger's Daughter is the first novel in K Arsenault Rivera's Their Bright Ascendency trilogy. It centers on two women, Shizuka, heir to an empire built on divine right, and Shefali, a warrior of the nomadic Qorin people, raised together from childhood across the border of two very different cultures despite the tensions and prejudices dividing their peoples. Written as a long letter from Shefali to Shizuka recounting their shared history, the novel follows their deepening, fated bond as they grow from children into young women whose destinies become entwined with each other's, tested when demons begin swarming out of the forests to threaten both their nations at once. Their friendship, and the connection between their two peoples, is put to its first real trial as the demonic threat grows too large for either nation to face alone.
Where it sits
- Universe: Their Bright Ascendency
- Series: Their Bright Ascendency core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: K Arsenault Rivera
Notes
- From the series record (Their Bright Ascendency): An epic fantasy trilogy drawing on East Asian and Mongolian-inspired settings, told through letters between two women warriors bound by fate and a shared destiny to fight the returning Traitorous Son.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Their Bright Ascendency: position 1 of 3: next The Phoenix Empress (2018)
Sources
- Their Bright Ascendency series bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Their_Bright_Ascendency
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