The Jade Trilogy is a set of three fantasy novels written by Japanese award-winning fantasy writer

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. The trilogy consists of the original novel and its two sequels.

Overview

The first novel of the trilogy, originally written in Japanese as: ''Sorairo Magatama'' (空色勾玉 "Sky-colored Jade"; see

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), won her several awards for children's literature. Translated by

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, the novel was first published in English by

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as '' Dragon Sword and Wind Child''. Several years after falling out of print, a second edition of the novel was published by

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with an updated translation by Hirano. After the success of ''Dragon Sword and Wind Child'', Ogiwara later wrote a sequel to the story of the original novel, titled ''Hakuchou Iden'' (白鳥異伝 "''Swan's Strange Legend''"). The sequel was also praised by the Japanese media and fans of the original novel. The second novel of the trilogy was translated by Hirano and the English edition was released by Viz Media LLC as ''Mirror Sword and Shadow Prince'' on May 17, 2011. The author would later continue the story with another sequel called ''Usubeni Tennyo'' (薄紅天女 "''Pink Nymph''"); this book was also a favorite among fans of the original novel and like the first two novels is still in print to this day in Japan. The last sequel of the trilogy is currently unavailable in English.

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