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(0)Shelley Parker-Chan
Author
Series
Radiant emperor volume 1
Language
English
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Books with Studio Ghibli Vibes
Discover A New Series (WPL-ADULT)
Fantastic Fantasy Novels (WPL-ADULT)
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Discover A New Series (WPL-ADULT)
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"Mulan meets The Song of Achilles in Shelley Parker-Chan's She Who Became the Sun, a bold, queer, and lyrical reimagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty from an amazing new voice in literary fantasy. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing ..." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness...
Author
Series
Radiant emperor volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor. But Zhu isn't the only one with imperial ambitions. 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. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky...
Author
Series
Radiant emperor duology volume 1
Language
Polish
Description
Przepowiedziano jej nicość. Miała umrzeć z głodu w pyle rolniczej prowincji, zapomnianej przez bogów i ludzi. Jednak żar przepełniający jej duszę, niepowstrzymane pragnienie życia, popchnęły ją do walki. Skryła się za imieniem zmarłego brata i mając nadzieję, że Niebiosa nie zauważyły oszustwa, ruszyła spełniać jego przeznaczenie. Przeznaczenie pełne bólu i wielkości. I choć wielkość przypadnie imieniu Zhu Chongba, to...
Author
Language
Español
Description
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 family's 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 family's...