The Radiant Emperor Duology
Synopsis
USA Today Bestseller, #1 international bestseller, and Indie Next Pick "Magnificent in every way."โSamantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynastyโs founding emperor. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything โI refuse to be nothing...โ Inโฆ USA Today Bestseller, #1 international bestseller, and Indie Next Pick "Magnificent in every way."โSamantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynastyโs founding emperor. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything โI refuse to be nothing...โ In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness... In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu familyโs eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the familyโs clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected. When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate. After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness. This ebundle includes: Book 1: She Who Became the Sun Book 2: He Who Drowned the World At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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