The Radiant Emperor Duology: She Who Became the Sun, He Who Drowned the World Book Cover

The Radiant Emperor Duology: She Who Became the Sun, He Who Drowned the World


A Fantasy Omnibus


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Historical Fantasy,
  • 1345 China,
  • Gender Disguise,
  • Rise to Power,
  • Chosen One
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Historical fantasy with gender disguise and fate-defying ambition
  • Ruthless power plays set in 14th-century China under Mongol rule
  • Stories where survival means rewriting destiny at any cost
Publisher Description

USA Today Bestseller, #1 international bestseller, and Indie Next Pick.

She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor.

To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything.

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness.

In 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.

When 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.

After 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.

This ebundle includes: Book 1: She Who Became the Sun Book 2: He Who Drowned the World.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

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