Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. 1: She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor Duology 1) (Hardcover): 25. She Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. This is book number 2 in the The Radiant Emperor Duology series.

This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice. Can Zhu escape what’s written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother’s greatness – and rise as high as she can dream? So she takes her dead brother’s identity and begins her journey. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. For a family’s eighth-born son, there’s greatness.

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For Baoxiang also desires revenge: to become the most degenerate Great Khan in history-and in so doing, make a mockery of every value his Mongol warrior family loved more than him.Īll the contenders are determined to do whatever it takes to win.An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor. The scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang has maneuvered his way into the capital, and his lethal court games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. Unbeknownst to the southerners, a new contender is even closer to the throne. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky alliance with an old enemy: the talented but unstable eunuch general Ouyang, who has already sacrificed everything for a chance at revenge on his father’s killer, the Great Khan. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband-and she’s strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.īut Zhu isn’t the only one with imperial ambitions. Read more Get the series on Kindle There are 2 books in this series. Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Daughter of the Moon Goddessbegins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrificewhere love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant. How much would you give to win the world? The sequel and series conclusion to She Who Became the Sun, the accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China.

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