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She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

Cover of She Who Became the Sun

Published 2021 by Tor Books · 416 pages

Hugo Nominee 2022
Fantasy

Synopsis

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.

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Details

Series

The Radiant Emperor #1

Debut

This was the author's debut novel

Author Nationality

AU

ISBN

9781250621801

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