INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER โข Inspired by true stories from the authorsโ grandparentsโ 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 broken people.
In a colonized land where tigers are being hunted to extinction and ancient magic stirs, two star-crossed teensโLee Seung, a servant yearning for freedom, and Choi Eunji, a noble girl defying traditionโjoin 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 peopleโs lost freedom and key to the liberation of their country. As the ties between Seung and Eunji are complicated by their conflicting loyalties, tensions riseโespecially 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 missionโor 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.