{"product_id":"9781250621818","title":"She Who Became the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo-time British Fantasy Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstounding Award Winner\u003cbr\u003eLambda Literary Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHugo Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLocus Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Dragon Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOtherwise Award Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I loved it.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Magnificent in every way.\"—Samantha Shannon, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Priory of the Orange Tree\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal.\"—Zen Cho, author of \u003ci\u003eBlack Water Sister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Who Became the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty’s founding emperor.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I refuse to be nothing…”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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 clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu takes the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shelley Parker-Chan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46038806298812,"sku":"9781250621818","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0694\/8559\/2764\/files\/BNCImageAPI_5d5cde18-2bec-478a-b06b-493ee041d4af.jpg?v=1773090735","url":"https:\/\/wordsquirrelbooks.com\/products\/9781250621818","provider":"Word Squirrel Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}