Author: Shelley Parker-Chan
Published: July 2021
Pages: 416
The year is 1345. China is famine-stricken and Mongol-ruled. And deep within the Central Plains, the fates of two children from a peasant family are prophesied. For the son, there will be greatness, and for the daughter, nothingness. But when bandits orphan Zhu Chonga and his sister—an attack from which the former never recovers—the girl sees a chance to cheat Fortune herself. Forswearing her fated namelessness, she becomes her brother. She enters a monastery under the pretense and protection of his boyhood. And when their sanctuary is torn down for harboring rebels, the young monk enlists in their rebellion against the Mongolians. Across the battle line, eunuch general Ouyang wants retribution. Desperate for repayment from the family that took the lives of his own, his dealings with the stars are far different from Zhu’s. While she pursues a destiny that was never hers—but which she will force to be—Ouyang believes himself a hostage to his own, no matter how much he wants to break free of it.
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