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. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything "I refuse to be nothing." In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. Two-time British Fantasy Award Winner Astounding Award Winner Lambda Literary Award Finalist Hugo Award Finalist Locus Award Finalist "Magnificent in every way."-Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree "A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal."-Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister She Who Became the Sun reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor.
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