explorer / books · 2022
She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 2021 by Tor Books · 416 pages
Hugo · 2022
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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 · Book 1
- Author nationality
- Australia
- ISBN
- 9781250621801