The Radiant Emperor: She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan - Fantasy - Paperback

Details:. Condition: BRAND NEW. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9781529043402. Publisher: Pan Macmillan. Series: The Radiant Emperor (Book 1). Overview:. She Who Became the Sun is Shelley Parker-Chan's Sunday Times Number One bestselling historical fantasy debut, reimagining the rise of Zhu Yuanzhang, founder of the Ming Dynasty. Set in a famine-ravaged 14th-century China under Mongol rule, it follows a peasant girl who steals her dead brother's identity and destiny to escape a life of nothingness. Blending queer romance, political intrigue, and sweeping battles, this is an unforgettable, gender-defying epic for fans of ambitious, character-driven fantasy.. About the Book:. In a famine-stricken village on the North China Plain, a nameless girl watches her brother Zhu Chongba receive a prophecy of greatness, while she is destined for nothing at all. When bandits slaughter their family, she refuses her fate: she takes her brother's identity and, as Zhu, sets out to claim his foretold destiny for herself. From a monastery threatened by war to the heart of a crumbling Mongol empire, Zhu's ferocious will to survive pulls her toward power she was never supposed to have. Parker-Chan's prose moves between intimate desperation and sweeping battle sequences with equal skill. Alongside Zhu, a eunuch general, Ouyang, pursues his own ruinous quest for vengeance, and the two are drawn into a devastating, mirrored struggle for identity and power. Richly researched and steeped in the politics and m...