The Last Tiger
The Last Tiger by Julia Riew, published by Penguin Group on July 29, 2025, is a young adult fantasy novel that draws inspiration from true stories of the author’s grandparents during a challenging period in Korean history. This debut work explores themes of love and resilience in a colonized land where tigers face extinction and ancient magic is awakening. The narrative follows two teens, Lee Seung, a servant seeking freedom, and Choi Eunji, a noble girl challenging societal norms, as they navigate their intertwined fates amidst a backdrop of conflict.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of emotions as Seung and Eunji transition from reluctant allies to adversaries, driven by their differing loyalties in a battle over the last tiger, a potent symbol of their people’s struggle. The story delves into their evolving relationship, complicated further by the emergence of a princeling vying for Eunji’s affection. This edition features a striking hardcover design, including a metallic foil cover and illustrated endpapers, enhancing the immersive experience of this tale of forbidden romance and personal empowerment. With 416 pages, The Last Tiger invites readers into a world of fantasy, historical fiction, and the complexities of love and liberation.
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“Sit tight and sink into this spellbinding debut. It brings the very best of fantasy.” —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Inspired by true stories from the authors’ grandparents’ lives during one of the darkest periods in Korean history, The Last Tiger is a debut young adult fantasy novel about the power of love to give voice to a silenced people.
The gorgeous first edition hardcover features: a metallic foil cover, illustrated endpapers, custom designed edges, and stunning foil stamped case.
In a colonized land where tigers are being hunted to extinction and ancient magic stirs, two star-crossed teens—Lee Seung, a servant yearning for freedom, and Choi Eunji, a noble girl defying tradition—join forces to try and reshape their respective fates.
But their relationship evolves from begrudging accomplices to bitter adversaries as they soon find themselves on opposite sides of a battle over the last tiger, a symbol of their people’s lost freedom and key to the liberation of their country. As the ties between Seung and Eunji are complicated by their conflicting loyalties, tensions rise—especially when a charming princeling of the empire begins to rival for Eunji’s affection.
In this friends-to-enemies-to-lovers story of forbidden romance, antagonists turned allies, oppression and liberation, neither Seung nor Eunji can abandon their mission—or each other. And as they embark on separate quests to find the elusive creature, each must also find the power within themselves to make their own destiny.
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