Spice & Wolf, Vol. 1 (Manga)

Brief Description:
"First published in Japan in 2008 by ASCII Media Works"--Colophon.

Biographical Note:
Isuna Hasekura's debut novel, SPICE AND WOLF, earned the Silver Prize in the 2005 Dengeki Novel Prize with the series going on to total seventeen novels and both manga and anime adaptations.

Marc Notes:
Warning, parental advisory, explicit content--P. [4] of cover.;The book reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese format.;Description based on vol. 1.;Traveling merchant Kraft Lawrence's life is turned upside down when he finds Holo, a wolf goddess in the form of a girl, asleep in his cart, and she asks him to take her along on his journey.;Rated M, LN: Mature.;Translated from the Japanese.

Publisher Marketing:
With his carthorse as his only companion, the young merchant Kraft Lawrence slowly wends his way through dusty back roads in search of profitable trade. But this monotony screeches to a halt when, one night, he encounters a harvest goddess in the guise of a beautiful young girl . . . with wolf ears and a tail! Longing for the northern lands of her birth, Holo the Wisewolf joins Lawrence as he follows the ebb and flow of trade through the countryside. And when the two come across a compelling but suspicious opportunity for profit, will Lawrence with his mercantile chops and Holo with her ancient instincts be able to separate the truth from the lies - and make some coin while they're at it?!