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He Who Drowned the World Shelley Parker-Chan

He Who Drowned the World By Shelley Parker-Chan

He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan

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Summary

Riding high on her recent victory, Zhu Yuanzhang is now the Radiant King brilliant, ambitious and unstoppable in her quest for greatness. But she will soon discover the price of her ruthless decisions may be too high to bear . . .

He Who Drowned the World Summary

He Who Drowned the World: the epic sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

The Song of Achilles meets Mulan in He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan a dazzling queer historical fantasy of war and destiny set in an epic alternate China, and sequel to Sunday Times bestselling She Who Became the Sun.

Magnificent in every way Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree

What would you give to win the world?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after a great victory. Shes torn southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to crown herself emperor. However, shes not the only one with imperial aspirations.

Courtesan Madam Zhang wants the throne for her husband. And scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang yearns to bring the empire to its knees. So Zhu must gamble everything on a risky alliance with her old enemy: Ouyang, the brilliant but unstable eunuch general. All contenders will do anything and everything to win. But when desire and ambition have no limits, could the price be too high for even the most ruthless heart to bear?

Praise for Shelley Parker-Chan:

Transcendent, heart-wrenching Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat

As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne

Shelley Parker-Chan is a genius Jen Williams, author of Talonsister

He Who Drowned the World Reviews

He Who Drowned the World blew me out of the water. Deep, dark and peopled with deliciously complex characters, this book will draw you irresistibly into a world of tragedy and triumph. Shelley Parker-Chan is a genius -- Jen Williams, author of Talonsister
A powerful historical fantasy filled with complex people and high stakes. . . . Paying equal attention to fierce battle scenes and deep conversations and filled with desperate decisions and brutal actions, this book is immersive and intimate -- Library Journal, starred review
A heart-racing, emotional story that is also heartrending and shocking . . . The conclusion of the Radiant Emperor duology makes use of every last word and stamps this series onto the map as a new must-read of the fantasy canon -- Booklist, starred review
Even better than the first . . . These novels beautifully capture the feedback loop wherein queer-coded characters are reviled, which drives them to unbearable viciousness, which in turn fills them with self-loathing. Parker-Chans characters struggle to break this cycle, and the nuance with which theyre portrayed makes us root for them. In the end, Parker-Chan seems to suggest, power belongs not to the most ruthless but to those who are most successful at self-forgiveness -- The Washington Post
Parker-Chan unrolls the painted scroll of her epic tale with the control of a master storyteller, revealing a dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal. Fantasy will never be the same -- Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown on She Who Became the Sun
Epic, tragic and gorgeous. It will wreck you, and you will be grateful -- Alix E. Harrow, author of Starling House on She Who Became the Sun
Magnificent in every way -- Samantha Shannon, author of The Bone Season on She Who Became the Sun

About Shelley Parker-Chan

Shelley Parker-Chan is an Asian Australian former international development adviser, who worked on human rights, gender equality and LGBTQ rights in Southeast Asia. Their debut novel She Who Became the Sun was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and has now been translated into thirteen languages. Parker-Chan has previously won the Astounding Award and British Fantasy Awards for Best Fantasy Novel and Best Newcomer. They have also been a finalist for the Lambda, Locus, Aurealis, Ditmar, and British Book Awards. Parker-Chan lives in Melbourne, Australia.

Additional information

NGR9781529043457
9781529043457
152904345X
He Who Drowned the World: the epic sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling historical fantasy She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
Shelley Parker-Chan
The Radiant Emperor
New
Paperback
Pan Macmillan
2024-07-18
496
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