Kirin Rise The Cast of Shadows : Kirin Rise Studios, LLC : 9781946003003 : 194600300X : 20 Mar 2017 : It's 2032, and the world has new gladiators. The fighters in the United Federation of Mixed Fighting keep audiences entertained with brutal bouts of uninhibited violence. Each year at the annual culmination of the tournament, competitors fight to the death in the DOME. Chicago teen Kirin Rise didn't begin martial arts for the power or the glory. She fights for her family, her friends, and her city. Kirin Rise: The Cast of Shadows details Kirin's first experience with the fighting style she would grow to love and embody, Wing Chun Gung Fu. As a young Korean American teenager dealing with the harsh realities of racism and sexism, she's drawn to a martial art that uses her opponent's own aggression and power against him. In this new young adult adventure, author and experienced martial artist Ed Cruz gives you a new heroine to root for. Under the tutelage of her teacher, Sifu, Kirin le