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By Ai Jiang

Narrated by: Cindy Kay

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Overview

Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal, and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is a richly envisioned and powerful debut novel from the winner of the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards.

On Pi¿o, the floating empire of lotuses, X¿lián discovers the royal advisors' ploy to overthrow her brother, Yún, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parent...