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She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan

Published 2021 by Tor Books · 416 pages
Hugo Nominee 2022
FantasySynopsis
In fourteenth-century China, a peasant girl assumes her dead brother's identity and destiny of greatness, rising through a rebel monastery to lead an uprising against the Mongol Yuan dynasty. As she grasps for power, she crosses paths with a conflicted Mongol general, and both must decide what they're willing to sacrifice for the futures they desire.
Classification
Details
Series
The Radiant Emperor #1
Debut
This was the author's debut novel
Author Nationality
AU
ISBN
9781250621801