The Dragon's Promise

Written by Elizabeth Lim

Narrated by Emily Woo Zeller

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically acclaimed author of Six Crimson Cranes comes the thrilling next adventure! A journey to the kingdom of dragons, a star-crossed love, and a cursed pearl with the power to mend the world or break it... Fans of Shadow and Bone will devour this soaring fantasy.

Princess Shiori made a deathbed promise to return the dragon's pearl to its rightful owner, but keeping that promise is more dangerous than she ever imagined.

She must journey to the kingdom of dragons, navigate political intrigue among humans and dragons alike, fend off thieves who covet the pearl for themselves and will go to any lengths to get it, all while cultivating the appearance of a perfect princess to dissuade those who would see her burned at the stake for the magic that runs in her blood.

The pearl itself is no ordinary cargo; it thrums with malevolent power, jumping to Shiori's aid one minute, and betraying her the next—threatening to shatter her family and sever the thread of fate that binds her to her true love. It will take every ounce of strength Shiori can muster to defend the life and the love she's fought so hard to win.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: Aug 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9780593584910

Elizabeth Lim

Elizabeth Lim grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she was raised on a hearty diet of fairy tales, myths, and songs. Before becoming an author, Elizabeth was a professional film and video game composer, and she still tends to come up with her best book ideas while writing near a piano. An alumna of Harvard College and the Juilliard School, she now resides in New York with her husband and daughters. Other books by Elizabeth include Spin the Dawn and Unravel the Dusk, the New York Times bestseller So This is Love, and Reflection.

Reviews for The Dragon's Promise

[phoebellaisa · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I think it was interesting. I personally really enjoyed the first book more, so I was certainly excited for this story. Unfortunately I didn't feel the same satisfaction finishing this book as I did the first.

[stefuto · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An excellent sequel! And the story is wrapped up beautifully!

[enid007 · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I picked up this book right after the first book of Six Crimson Cranes, I loved her journey in the first book, her relationship with her brother's and the love that slowly build between her and Takkan. I really wanted to love this but it was kind of all over the place almost like the author wanted to smash action and romance and magic with different stories and different characters. In the end it just fell flat for me which was so disappointing being that I love the first book so much.
I wanted more of Seyru and Gen, I felt such a disconnect in this sequel.

[bibliovermis · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I thought this sequel to Six Crimson Cranes held up to the standard of the first book—in addition to diving deeper into the mythology established just for that novel, which I really enjoyed, there were some missing elements from the fairy tale this series plays with, The Six Swans, that showed up in this one and I found that very satisfying.