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"Magnificent in every way."-Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree Lambda Literary Award Finalist! Two-time Hugo Award Finalist! Locus Award Finalist! The exploration of gender and personhood was totally absorbing. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January A thoroughly engrossing read with a fabulous, tragic-trickster protagonist. It will wreck you, and you will be gratefulĪlix E. Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree She Who Became the Sun is epic, tragic, and gorgeous. Glinting with bright rays of wit and tenderness, yet unafraid to delve into the deep shadows of human ambition, She Who Became the Sun, like Zhu, is unquestionably destined for greatness

War, desire, vengeance, politics – Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient of this queer historical epic. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. She Who Became the Sun is a reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. 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, ruthlessly, to take the dragon throne? 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. War, desire, vengeance, politics – Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient' – Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree An immersive historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a queer retelling of one legendary Chinese ruler's rise to power.