Bringer of the Black Sky

A thousand years before Saru scales Mount Shouza, Kasumi and her husband Hoshino are expecting their first child. As a half human, half tengu crossbreed, their son Hanya is seen as an ill omen, and their only choice is taking him to Mount Ogawa to be raised by his tengu aunt and uncle, Raiu and Asahi.

Growing up alongside Juzo the Thirteenth, the last kappa in Yamato, and Kibatarou the boar god of endurance, Hanya learns to control his unique magic. Meanwhile, Kasumi crosses paths with Laurent of Gallia, the legendary scholar and swordsman whose disappearance in the Painted World remains a mystery centuries later.

Although Hanya finds a home on Mount Ogawa, being abandoned by his parents leaves him jaded and hateful of humans, and he dreams of exposing their hypocrisy and arrogance. When tragedy strikes the mountain, he plans a devastating reprisal against the humans which will shake Yamato to its core.

Bringer of the Black Sky is the fourth book in the epic fantasy series The Legend of Saru.