The Last Tiger

De: Julia Riew, Brad Riew

Narrado por: Julia Riew, Joshua Hyunho Lee, Brad Riew, Alex Intae Kim, Sue Jean Kim, Intae Kim

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 broken people.

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.

©2025 Julia Riew (P)2025 Listening Library

Reseñas de la Crítica

July/August 2025 Kids' Indie Next List (Young Adult)

★ “A reminder that knowledge and kindness are powerful tools.”—Booklist, starred review

“… the story vividly highlights the plight of Koreans during a traumatic era.”—Kirkus Reviews