She Who Became the Sun

About the book

'Epic, tragic and gorgeous Alix E. Harrow

A thoroughly engrossing read with a fabulous, tragic-trickster protagonist . . . I've been waiting for a book like this Megan Campisi

A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal Zen Cho

She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynastys founding emperor.

In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a familys eighth-born son, theres greatness. For the second daughter, nothing.
In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape whats written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brothers greatness and rise as high as she can dream?

This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.

As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph Tasha Suri

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a re-imagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.