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The Guardians of Shinshi have vowed to protect Korea against those who would threaten the sacred artifacts. Join the resistance in safe-keeping the six sacred orbs.

Become a Guardian of Shinshi. Join the adventure!

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GILDED Series

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Discover more about Christina Farley's books, events she will be attending, the latest news on her blog, as well as tips for writers and teachers over at her website at christinafarley.com.

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Mythological Creatures in the GILDED Series

Haechi: A legendary creature, resembling a lion but in fact is a fire-eating dog and guardian against disaster and prejudice.

Tiger of Shinshi: protects the Golden Thread which ties and binds the Korean people throughout time that must not be broken

Blue Dragon: Guardian of the clouds

White Tiger: Guardian of the winds

Black Turtle: Guardian of rain

Red Phoenix: Guardian of fire

Dragons (yong): has tiger feet, 4 toes/claws on each foot, 9-81 scales on their backs, no wings, long beard

Dokkaebi: gremlin, trickster

Imoogi: half-dragon, must wait a 1,000 years to become a real dragon

Kumiho: nine-tailed fox

Samjoko: three-legged bird

Haemosu: demi-god of the sun

Princess Yuhwa: demi-goddess of the willow trees

Habaek: river god and father of Yuhwa

Gwishin: ghost of someone who died

Chollima: a winged horse

Bonghwong: mythical bird

Palk: The sun god and founder of the realm of light. He is the personification of all that is light, good and beneficial.

Kud: the god of darkness and evil

Bulgae: Kud’s gigantic hounds

Oryonggeo: the Five Dragon Chariot

Christina Farley

CHRISTINA FARLEY, author of the Gilded series, was born and raised in upstate New York. As a child, she loved to explore, which later inspired her to jump on a plane and travel the world. She taught at international schools in Asia for ten years, eight of which were in the mysterious and beautiful city of Seoul, Korea that became the setting of Gilded and Silvern.

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Gilded

Sixteen-year-old Jae Hwa Lee is a Korean-American girl with a black belt, a deadly proclivity with steel-tipped arrows, and a chip on her shoulder the size of Korea itself. When her widowed dad uproots her to Seoul from her home in L.A., Jae thinks her biggest challenges will be fitting into a new school and dealing with her dismissive Korean grandfather. Then she discovers that a Korean demi-god, Haemosu, has been stealing the soul of the oldest daughter of each generation in her family for cen

Silvern

Jae Hwa Lee is ready to forget about immortals and move on with her life. Until the god of darkness, Kud, sends an assassin to kill her. She escapes with the knowledge that Kud is seeking the lost White Tiger Orb, and joins the Guardians of Shinshi to seek out the orb before Kud can find it. But Kud is a stronger and more devious god than Jae ever imagined. Jae is soon painfully reminded that by making an enemy of Kud, she has placed her closest friends in danger, and must decide how much she ca