She Who Became the Sun

British Fantasy Award Winner Lambda Literary Award Finalist Two-time Hugo Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist "Magnificent in every way."âSamantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree "A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal."âZen Cho, author of Black Water Sister She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynastyâs founding emperor. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything âI refuse to be nothingâ¦â In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingnessâ¦ 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 familyâs 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 familyâs 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. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.