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  Distant Shores Book One: The Prince of a Million Swords:
Utena arrives in the kingdom. Utena befriending Xelloss. Kagato versus Utena. The beginning of the war with the Mazoku. Utena's mysterious past with Dios. The wingless duel cycle. The first stage of ascension.

This book was finished 1/19/99.

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Chapter One: Secret Dreamer
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
Utena arrives in the village of Darra. Early encounters with Akio and Xelloss lead to a kind of tug-of-war; kidnapped by Kagato, she struggles to protect her missing and mysterious Prince.

Chapter Two: Shin-Murasame 11 | 12 | 13
A sign of trouble to come? Utena rescues Xelloss from a Mazoku who is immune to magic, making another enemy. But she's injured badly in the attempt and nearly dies...

Chapter Three: Evilania: The Quest of Giga's Dream
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19
Wanting to help Xelloss break his ties to the Mazoku, Utena agrees to follow him on a quest to find a lost magic spell. Many things go wrong, and Utena's almost killed again, but they succeed in their mission...

Chapter Three: Shin-Murasame 2
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
This chapter contains mature content
The Mazoku samurai Utena offended takes his revenge, abducting her and forcing her into slavery in his castle. With the power of Dios, she ultimately escapes, but then faces a worse threat from Shin's master, the Mazoku Lord Dynast... but she has help in the form of a mysterious fellow prisoner named Himemiya...

Chapter Four: The Rules of Engagement
28 | 29 | 30 | 31
Recovering in the temple of Urd, Utena and Himemiya bond closer together... but what's this about 'engagements'?

Chapter Five: Hammer to Anvil- the Wingless Duels
32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52

Utena, as the Victor of the Duel, must defend Himemiya, the Bride of the Rose, from a series of challenges to 'win' her- except that her opponents are supernaturally powerful manifestations of forces! Myth, Love, Loathing, Paradox, Luck, Reason, Drama and Nightmare align against Utena, each attacking in their own fashion with duels ranging from the physical to the psychological- putting the Victor to the ultimate test. Meanwhile, Akio returns and shows himself deadlier than ever before- and one of Utena's friends must betray her...

Continue to book two:
The Prince of a Thousand Enemies


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