{"id":16142,"date":"2022-01-03T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=16142"},"modified":"2022-01-02T16:53:10","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T21:53:10","slug":"blog-tour-tiger-honor-by-yoon-ha-lee-excerpt-giveaway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/blog-tour-tiger-honor-by-yoon-ha-lee-excerpt-giveaway\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Tour: Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ubb-blog-tour-banner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rockstarbooktours.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/TIGER-HONOR.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for TIGER HONOR by Yoon Ha Lee! I\u2019m so excited to share an excerpt of the book with you today, AND more information about the author and tour, PLUS you can enter the giveaway to win a print copy! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/tiger-honor-cover.png\" alt=\"Blog Tour: Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" title=\"Blog Tour: Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (Excerpt + Giveaway!)\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Tiger Honor<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/yoon-ha-lee\/\">Yoon Ha Lee<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/thousand-worlds\/\">Thousand Worlds #2<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  January 4, 2022 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/rick-riordan-presents\/\">Rick Riordan Presents<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/middle-grade\/\">Middle Grade<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/multiverse\/\">Multiverse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mythology\/\">Mythology<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/retellings\/\">Retellings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 256 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/58293370-tiger-honor\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoonhalee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deuceofgears\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3001246.Yoon_Ha_Lee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32rX2ih\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/deuceofgears\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Sebin, a young tiger spirit from the Juhwang Clan, wants nothing more than to join the Thousand World Space Forces and, like their Uncle Hwan, captain a battle cruiser someday. But when Sebin's acceptance letter finally arrives, it's accompanied by the shocking news that Hwan has been declared a traitor. Apparently, the captain abandoned his duty to steal a magical artifact, the Dragon Pearl, and his whereabouts are still unknown. Sebin hopes to help clear their hero's name and restore honour to the clan.<br \/>\nNothing goes according to plan, however. As soon as Sebin arrives for orientation, they are met by a special investigator named Yi and his assistant, a girl named Min. Yi informs Sebin that they must immediately report to the ship Haetae and await further instructions. Sebin finds this highly unusual, but soon all protocol is forgotten when there's an explosion on the ship, the crew is knocked out, and the communication system goes down. It's up to Sebin, three other cadets, and Yi and Min to determine who is sabotaging the battlecruiser. When Sebin is suddenly accused of collaborating with the enemy, the cadet realizes that Min is the most dangerous foe of all...<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2022-01-03T11:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for TIGER HONOR by Yoon Ha Lee! 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That\u2019s all I\u2019m supposed to say if I\u2019m captured.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every member of the Thousand Worlds Space Forces knows that, even one as junior as I am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a little ludicrous to worry about that, though, because the few people still active on this ship know who I am and what&nbsp; I\u2019ve done. And those who put me here are my comrades. <em>You\u2019re&nbsp; nothing but a traitor <\/em>was the last thing Min said to me as she left&nbsp; me locked up in this cell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The others don\u2019t need to be told what my name is, or any of that. They\u2019re perfectly aware that I\u2019m a tiger spirit from the&nbsp; Juhwang Clan on the world of Yonggi, and that I\u2019m responsible for the pickle we\u2019re all in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beyond that, there are more complications. I\u2019m a prisoner&nbsp; on my own ship, the battle cruiser <em>Haetae<\/em>. We\u2019re still in transit through a Gate, and I don\u2019t know how much more time we have until we emerge on the other end.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have, however, had ample opportunity to inspect the brig. The cell is approximately three meters square. Walls of bland&nbsp;gray metal, toilet and sink in the corner, physical bars instead of a force field. A smart precaution, considering that the last&nbsp; time I checked, half the power systems on the <em>Haetae <\/em>were knocked out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this cell there\u2019s a strip of faint lights running on backup power. I don\u2019t know how long they\u2019ll last. At least, as a tiger&nbsp; spirit, I have good vision even in dim illumination. I hope it\u2019s&nbsp; enough.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in case, though, I\u2019ve memorized the layout of everything I can see, and I tried my best to memorize the maps of the ship that I was shown earlier, which included the restricted&nbsp; areas. I might be able to use that information\u2014if only I can get out.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other cells in this row are empty. Even if I couldn\u2019t&nbsp; see into them, my senses of smell and hearing would have told&nbsp; me that. It\u2019s almost a relief that it\u2019s just me here and not some additional unfortunates as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besides, having to free other people would slow me down. Not a nice thing to think about, but everything has crystallized&nbsp; into hard practicalities. After all, if I don\u2019t stop the people who have fallen under the evil spell of a monster, we all thought&nbsp;extinct, everyone on this ship is doomed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I test the bars. They\u2019re specially reinforced to hold super naturals like me. Goblins and dragons, to say nothing of tigers, are all stronger than the ordinary humans who make up the greatest part of the Thousand Worlds\u2019 population.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brute-forcing my way out of this cell isn\u2019t going to work, even if I changed from my human form into my native tiger shape. There\u2019s enough space for me as a tiger, barely, but claws wouldn\u2019t put a dent in this metal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People have always seen my kind as excellent fighters. There\u2019s some truth to that. My family emphasized training and discipline when I was growing up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But tigers aren\u2019t <em>just <\/em>fighters. In the oldest stories, we\u2019re known for our cunning, too. Some of us are more cunning than others. If I\u2019d been smarter, maybe I could have avoided getting trapped in here by the people I thought were my friends. Who might yet be my friends, if I can free them from the monster&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s only one person I can count on now, assuming he finds me before the monster subverts him\u2014or returns for me. While I\u2019m trapped, I suppose I ought to reflect on how this all began, and how I started on the path that led to this cell.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.&nbsp;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>ONE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When the mail arrived, it should have been the best day of my life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mail\u2014physical mail\u2014came once a week at best. The Juhwang Clan of tiger spirits had made our home on the world of Yonggi for the past several centuries. Our ties&nbsp; to the land dated back to the steaders who settled this planet back when traveling between stars took decades, or even centuries. My grandmother, the Matriarch of the clan, claimed she could remember what the world had looked like before it&nbsp; was terraformed, when it was a ball of mud and toxic sludge. \u201cBack then there <em>was <\/em>no mail,\u201d she always said, her tail swishing&nbsp; ominously. \u201cNo food, no medical supplies, no fuel\u2014nothing. That was before the Thousand Worlds came together, and you couldn\u2019t ever rely on anyone but family.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But when our home security system announced that the mail had been dropped off, all I cared about was whether there was anything for me. I\u2019d been obsessed with the mail for the past three months, ever since I\u2019d applied to the Space Forces Cadet Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Normally you could only join the Space Forces at the age of fifteen, but due to raids at the Thousand Worlds\u2019 borders, they\u2019d started recruiting younger cadets to accustom them\u2014<em>me<\/em>,&nbsp; I hoped\u2014to the rigors of space travel at an earlier age. They especially welcomed applicants with supernatural natures suited to the service, such as goblins, celestials, and tigers, like me. Even if I hadn\u2019t already been eager to join, the Matriarch would have encouraged it. <em>It\u2019s important for us to build our power base<\/em>, she\u2019d said mysteriously.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every time the mail arrived, I hovered over it in hopes of the coveted response, maybe even an acceptance letter. And every time the response failed to arrive, I consoled myself by reading more of the Space Forces handbook so I would be ready the next day, just in case.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My aunt Sooni was the only one who didn\u2019t laugh at the way I was fixated on the mail. <em>Aunt <\/em>was approximate\u2014she was at least a hundred years older than me. (Tiger spirits don\u2019t age&nbsp; the same way humans do.) Aunt Sooni\u2019s understanding was the only thing that made it bearable to be the youngest in the clan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were in the middle of some martial arts exercises that&nbsp;involved shifting between human and tiger form to dodge&nbsp;attacks when the mail drop arrived. Aunt Sooni was an orange and-black blur as a tiger, and a gray one as a human. I, too, was an orange tiger, unlike my favorite relative, Uncle Hwan, who visited when he could. <em>He <\/em>was a rare white tiger, and I&nbsp; often wished I had been born that color. It was because of Uncle&nbsp;Hwan that I longed to be accepted by the Space Forces\u2014to&nbsp; someday become a battle cruiser captain just like him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFocus, Sebin!\u201d Aunt Sooni called when I stopped in mid exercise and turned toward the mailbox in my eagerness to&nbsp;pounce on the mail. \u201cRemember discipline. Discipline is the&nbsp;most important thing. You have to finish the set.\u201d I mock-snarled at her. She cuffed me lightly on the shoulder, not hard enough to hurt, but with enough force to remind&nbsp;me of her supernatural strength. Even in her human form, that of a short, stocky woman with touches of frost in her hair, she could wrangle a fellow tiger. I\u2019d learned that the hard way. With a growl, I condensed back into my human shape. At&nbsp;thirteen I was already taller than she was, if only by a mere&nbsp;inch. (Half inch, according to her. I always said we should&nbsp;round up, and she only shook her head.)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll right,\u201d I said, resigned, because I knew Aunt Sooni was&nbsp; perfectly capable of snatching the mail and hiding it from me&nbsp;until I had performed my exercises to her satisfaction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust for that,\u201d she said, and this time I knew to suppress my&nbsp;groan, \u201cwe\u2019ll add some high kicks. Go!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Approximately four million kicks later, my legs burned&nbsp;with the exertion and Aunt Sooni declared herself satisfied&nbsp;with my efforts. \u201cYou know it\u2019s important to stay in shape,\u201d she&nbsp; said. \u201cWe have standards to uphold.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wasn\u2019t so much concerned with the Space Forces\u2019 standards as my own family\u2019s expectations. We were the Juhwang&nbsp;Clan of Yonggi, after all, and, as the Matriarch liked to remind&nbsp;us, we had to be prepared in case our enemies moved against&nbsp; us, even if I\u2019d never so much as witnessed an attack on the&nbsp;estate. Right now, that meant making sure I did all the exercises as perfectly as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As much as my body hurt, I ached to sprint to the mailbox. My family had indulged me by letting me check the mail&nbsp; for the last month. <em>Normally I don\u2019t reward moping<\/em>, my mother\u2019s&nbsp;nonbinary mate, my nini, had said in their usual dry tone, <em>but&nbsp;perhaps a little is understandable under the circumstances<\/em>. Still, I didn\u2019t want Aunt Sooni to think of me as an irresponsible tiger cub, so I walked at her side. It was a good chance&nbsp; to recover my breath, anyway. If I was accepted, I\u2019d have to do&nbsp; more than just make a good impression on my family. I was&nbsp;determined to excel in the Space Forces, maybe even outshine Uncle Hwan someday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To reach the mailbox, we had to cross the estate\u2019s outer&nbsp;courtyard. Both the inner and outer courtyards, each spacious&nbsp;enough for tigers to roam in, were bright with flowers, cultivated by my parents and some of the others from time to time.&nbsp;You wouldn\u2019t think that tigers would care about gardening. But,&nbsp;as my mother liked to tell me, we thrived in nature, whether&nbsp;that meant overgrown groves of bamboo or the graceful sweep&nbsp; of willow branches. The art of gardening consisted of arranging&nbsp; plants, so they looked like they had grown in the wild, except&nbsp; more picturesque.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I appreciated the gardens, but I yearned to leave the planet&nbsp; and see other worlds. I could watch the holo programs, which&nbsp; depicted everything from fantastical ruins to the extreme temperatures on tidally locked planets in other systems, where one&nbsp; hemisphere was in eternal day and the other in eternal night.&nbsp;But it would be so much better to visit those places myself ! And my best chance of doing that was getting into the Space Forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHere we are,\u201d Aunt Sooni called as the mailbox came into&nbsp; sight. It was shaped like a miniature pagoda whose roof came&nbsp;off if you worked a cunningly hidden latch. I loved everything&nbsp;about it, even its absurdity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More intriguingly, someone had left a package at its base.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That couldn\u2019t be for me, but I was curious about it anyhow. Aunt Sooni, taking advantage of my distraction, added,&nbsp;\u201cRace you!\u201d and shimmered into her tiger form as she sprang&nbsp; into action. I did likewise, reveling in the fact that I became&nbsp;stronger and swifter in my native shape. As a tiger, you couldn\u2019t&nbsp;tell I was thirteen years old. I looked almost adult, complete&nbsp;with a fine orange pelt and deep black stripes, and a long,&nbsp;long tail.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps it wasn\u2019t strictly fair that Aunt Sooni had started&nbsp; the race before I\u2019d had a chance to shift. But one thing my family emphasized was the importance of being adaptable. I&nbsp; remembered the last time I\u2019d complained about the conditions&nbsp;of a training exercise being unfair. My mother had looked at&nbsp;me with disappointment and then explained that in time of&nbsp; war, <em>everything <\/em>might be \u201cunfair.\u201d The enemy wouldn\u2019t give&nbsp;their opponent a fair chance, so a true warrior dealt with the&nbsp;situation instead of griping about it. From then on I\u2019d kept my&nbsp; mouth shut and redoubled my efforts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spurred by the memory, I gathered myself for one great&nbsp;leap as we neared the mailbox. Even so, Aunt Sooni\u2019s own was&nbsp;more powerful than mine, and she arrived a second before&nbsp; I did. Her momentum carried her past the mailbox, and she swung back around, resuming her human form as she did so.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I changed back as well, trailing in her wake. \u201cI almost had you!\u201d I said, knowing that she wouldn\u2019t hear it as a challenge&nbsp;the way the rest of my relatives would.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou did indeed,\u201d Aunt Sooni agreed. \u201cWell done.\u201d I ducked my head, trying not to let her see how much the&nbsp;words of praise meant to me. The rest of my family rarely gave&nbsp;out compliments. That didn\u2019t distract me from my purpose,&nbsp;however. I wanted to rise on my toes and reach for the mailbox,&nbsp;but I knew I had to await permission. Even Aunt Sooni had her&nbsp;stern side.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVery good,\u201d she said, acknowledging my patience. \u201cYou&nbsp;may get the mail.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I had to restrain myself from lunging forward and picking up the package to shake it. The box was larger than I had realized, no more than a foot wide and only six inches deep,&nbsp;but almost half as long as I was. Aunt Sooni might not mind,&nbsp;but the other tigers would disapprove. <em>It\u2019s probably something completely unrelated<\/em>, I told myself as my heart pounded. I couldn\u2019t let&nbsp; Aunt Sooni see my hope\u2014or my dread.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From time to time we got curios from Uncle Hwan, accompanied by brief but exquisitely calligraphed notes on expensive&nbsp;mulberry paper. More often the Matriarch received cryptic little parcels, which I wasn\u2019t allowed to ask about or show interest&nbsp;in. The Matriarch had made it especially clear that I was never to mention the existence of those parcels to any outsider who might happen to show up at the estate. I assumed this larger package, too, had to be kept secret.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I made myself step forward and calmly work the catch of the mailbox as though it were an ordinary task, as opposed to&nbsp;the one thing standing between me and my lifelong dream. The&nbsp; catch did its trick, and the roof of the miniature pagoda sprang open on its hinge. Inside was a letter, which I picked up as decorously as I could manage. I sucked in a breath when I turned it&nbsp; over and saw that it was addressed to one Juhwang Sebin and stamped in red ink with the seal of the Space Forces. A letter for me! I was in an agony of suspense wondering if it contained&nbsp; good news or bad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunt Sooni\u2019s reaction took me by surprise. \u201cCheck to see&nbsp; if there\u2019s another one in there?\u201d I could smell her own dread,&nbsp;as if she expected bad news. She could have nudged me aside&nbsp;and reached into the mailbox herself, but she was allowing me to save face.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I peered into the mailbox. She was right. I\u2019d been so excited to find a letter for me that I hadn\u2019t thought to look for anything else.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHuh\u201d was all I could think to say when I drew out the second letter. It <em>also <\/em>bore the red seal of the Space Forces. But unlike my letter, <em>mine<\/em>, it was addressed in formal calligraphy to&nbsp;the Matriarch of the Juhwang Tiger Clan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then I knew. I should have figured it out sooner. The box contained a sword\u2014an officer\u2019s sword. Like the one Uncle&nbsp;Hwan always wore on his visits. That, plus the letter, meant\u2014 No. It couldn\u2019t be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could only think of one reason why the Space Forces&nbsp;would return a captain\u2019s sword: because he was dead. My eyes stung. It wasn\u2019t the first time a member of the Juhwang Tiger Clan had died in service, but I\u2019d hoped to follow in Uncle Hwan\u2019s footsteps and make him proud.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Not Uncle Hwan! <\/em>I thought in dismay. The uncle who had&nbsp;always made sure to bring me something special every time he&nbsp;visited, whether it was a knife of my own or a cinnamon candy.&nbsp; The uncle who had told me stories about his adventures as an officer, fighting off pirates or saving his comrades from the&nbsp;Thousand Worlds\u2019 enemies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe must take this to the Matriarch right away,\u201d Aunt&nbsp;Sooni said. She pursed her lips as she regarded the package,&nbsp;her expression grim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A memory flashed before me of the last time Uncle Hwan&nbsp;had visited the estate. He\u2019d been resplendent in his Space&nbsp; Forces uniform, dark blue with shining gold braid, and along&nbsp; with his blaster he\u2019d had a sword belted at his side. He\u2019d let me look at the sword up close and then draw it from its sheath for a magical moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a masterwork, that sword. Even its sheath was finely ornamented, with gold scrollwork and symbols pieced together&nbsp; from mother-of-pearl. The hilt was wrapped in oiled leather,&nbsp;and a blue silk tassel hung from its pommel. I\u2019d been disappointed to discover that the blade itself was blunt, and the&nbsp; corner of my uncle\u2019s mouth had crooked upward in amusement. \u201cThis sword represents my honor,\u201d he\u2019d said. \u201cIt is my honor that gives it its edge, not the metal itself.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d said I understood, although I didn\u2019t. Honor was all very well, but what good was a blunt sword against pirates or raiders from the Jeweled Worlds?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, as I looked down at the box, I trembled. Surely it&nbsp;couldn\u2019t contain Uncle Hwan\u2019s sword. \u201cIt can\u2019t be,\u201d I said to&nbsp;myself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s not for us to find out,\u201d Aunt Sooni said briskly. Still, that acrid worry-smell came from her again. She hoisted&nbsp;the box with ease. \u201cYou can come with me, since I\u2019m sure the&nbsp; Matriarch will want to hear your news, too.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We padded solemnly through the courtyard and to the separate building where the Matriarch kept her residence. From&nbsp;the outside, it resembled the mailbox pagoda with its peaked&nbsp;roof and decorations in the traditional five colors of black, red, green, yellow, and blue. Someone\u2019s idea of a joke, although I&nbsp;had a hard time imagining the Matriarch had a sense of humor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We stopped by the profusely blooming azalea bushes whose&nbsp;magenta blossoms masked the entrance to the pagoda. I craned my head back to squint at one of the thoroughly modern windows above us. I glimpsed a shadow moving behind it. The&nbsp;Matriarch liked to keep an eye on all the approaches.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMatriarch,\u201d Aunt Sooni called out, \u201cwe have a package&nbsp;addressed to you, and a letter from the Space Force.\u201d She used&nbsp; the most deferential language, on account of the Matriarch&nbsp;being the head of the family, and the oldest one here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The wind rustled the azalea blossoms and their glossy&nbsp;leaves. For a moment, I wondered if the Matriarch had heard&nbsp;us. Even if she hadn\u2019t, we\u2019d have to wait here until she acknowledged us. It was her way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then a hoarse voice with a hint of a growl in it said from&nbsp;above, \u201cCome in, Sooni, and bring the cub with you.\u201d I hated being called <em>cub <\/em>as if I were still a child, but the&nbsp;fact remained that I was the youngest tiger spirit in the family.&nbsp;Besides, I knew better than to object. I followed Aunt Sooni up&nbsp; the stairs to the foyer, where we both took off our shoes before&nbsp; continuing up the stairs into the pagoda proper. The Matriarch sat cross-legged on an embroidered floor&nbsp; cushion, her back straight. Her long white hair had a single black streak remaining in it, and she had yellow eyes, which&nbsp;made her look impossibly tigerish even in human form. I had never seen her in anything but a hanbok, the old-fashioned&nbsp;dress of the Thousand Worlds. The jogori, or jacket, was a&nbsp;faded orange with subtle gold embroidery, and her chima, or&nbsp;skirt, was an equally faded black.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We bowed deeply. I was impressed by how Aunt Sooni&nbsp;managed it without dropping the box on her toes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBring it here, Sooni,\u201d the Matriarch said in her growling voice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunt Sooni did.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOpen it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aunt Sooni kept her fingernails sharp, as did all the elders&nbsp; in the family. Or maybe she\u2019d turned them partway into claws.&nbsp;I wasn\u2019t sure which. I didn\u2019t have that kind of fine-grained control over my shape-shifting; most tigers didn\u2019t. She sliced the package\u2019s tape and opened the lid.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My breath caught when I recognized the sword. \u201cIt\u2019s Hwan\u2019s,\u201d Aunt Sooni said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Matriarch\u2019s eyes flicked to me, sharp as a knife-cut.&nbsp;\u201cSo it is.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Matriarch noticed my distress. Instead of rebuking me&nbsp;directly, she said to Aunt Sooni, \u201cSebin is disgracing themself.\u201d I knew she\u2019d meant for me to hear. I immediately lowered&nbsp;my gaze, flushing in shame.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Matriarch opened the letter that Aunt Sooni gave her. Her eyes flickered. Then she looked at the two of us. \u201cSpace Forces Command informs us,\u201d the Matriarch said,&nbsp;\u201cthat Hwan of the Juhwang Tiger Clan stands accused of treason and has disgraced his uniform. There is a warrant out for&nbsp; his arrest. He will be court-martialed upon his capture.\u201d <em>That can\u2019t be right! <\/em>I wanted to cry out. Even though I was&nbsp; relieved that Hwan wasn\u2019t dead, this was almost worse. Uncle&nbsp;Hwan was the one who\u2019d taught me about honor. He couldn\u2019t&nbsp;have <em>deserted<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And if Uncle Hwan had been branded a traitor, what did&nbsp; that mean for me? Had my dream of serving among the stars just evaporated with the arrival of Uncle Hwan\u2019s arrest warrant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/About-the-Author-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15614\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\"><h3>About Yoon Ha Lee<\/h3><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/yoon-ha-lee-350x350.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\"><p>Yoon Ha Lee (yoonhalee.com) is the New York Times best-selling author of Dragon Pearl, a companion to this book and winner of the Locus Award and the Mythopoeic Award. He has also published several books for adults, including a standalone fantasy entitled Phoenix Extravagant, and the Machineries of Empire space opera trilogy: Ninefox Gambit, Raven Strategem, and Revenant Gun. Yoon draws inspiration from a variety of sources, e.g. Korean history and mythology, fairy tales, higher mathematics, classic moral dilemmas, and genre fiction. His website can be found at yoonhalee.com and his Twitter handle is @deuceofgears.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoonhalee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deuceofgears\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3001246.Yoon_Ha_Lee\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/32rX2ih\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Amazon<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/deuceofgears\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 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Have you added it&nbsp;to your tbr yet?&nbsp;Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday and welcome to my stop on the blog tour for TIGER HONOR by Yoon Ha Lee! 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