The Bird That Drinks Blood

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name = The Bird That Drinks Blood("피를 마시는 새")
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image_caption = Cover design for the 1st volume of "The Bird That Drinks Blood"
author = Lee Yeongdo
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country = South Korea
language = Korean
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Golden Branch
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media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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preceded_by = The Bird That Drinks Blood
followed_by = The Bird That Drinks Poison (forthcoming)

The Bird That Drinks Blood (피를 마시는 새, "Peeru'l mashinuun saeh") is a sequel to The Bird That Drinks Tears, fantasy novel series written by Lee Yeongdo. A rare example of the genre Korean Fantasy, the stock characters and clichés normal western fantasy such as elves, magic, dragons and Latin languages are instead replaced by Korean concepts such as dokkebis, ssirum, yut and ancient Korean languages(Arazit)

Publication

The story was first serialized in Hitel, an internet forum site, as all other books and its prequel by Lee Yeongdo was serialized first too. After the conclusion of the serial, the book was later published through Golden Branch company into 8 smaller books.

*Book 1-"The Emperor Hunter"
*Book 2-"The Archcommander of the Empire"
*Book 3-"The Ruler of the Bloodshed"
*Book 4-"The One That Wields Fire"
*Book 5-"The Master of Balkene"
*Book 6-"The Lekon That Walks In The Rain"
*Book 7-"The One That Burns Self"
*Book 8-"The One That Treads On The Sky

Races

The fictional world of "The Bird That Drinks Tears" is inhabited by four major intelligent races - Human, naga, lekon and dokkebi. Other than the humankind, the races that appear in "The Bird That Drinks Tears" are in most respects Lee Yeongdo's original creations, even though the race of naga and dokkebi originates from Indian and Korean legends, respectively.

Series

"The Bird That Drinks Blood" is a sequel to the The Bird That Drinks Tears. Many do not see "The Bird That Drinks Blood"' as a mere sequel, but two novels each smaller of a bigger series.

It is expected that Lee Yeongdo will write two more sequels, because of the quote in the series that mentions four birds. In the book there is a riddle about four bird brothers. One bird drank water, one drank poison, one drank blood and one drank tears. The riddle asks who of the four birds will die first. This riddle appears repeatedly throughout both The Bird That Drinks Tears and "The Bird That Drinks Blood", and is entwined with many of the themes that run through two series.

Because of this riddle, many people expect that Lee Yeongdo will write two more sequels to this Bird series, "The Bird That Drinks Poison" and "The Bird That Drinks Water". However, Lee Yeongdo has not yet confirmed this rumour and whether he would actually continue to finish all four birds is still unknown.