Author: T. E. Waters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty. When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it is her human adversaries who prove more dangerous as she navigates the shifting political landscape in a kingdom still recovering from a decades-long war: a foreign sorcerer, an eccentric apothecary, an ambitious bandit chief — perhaps even Zsaran, who has long awaited a chance to achieve freedom for both herself and Ashne. Soon Ashne can no longer reconcile her love for her sister and her devotion to the women they have both served since childhood. Yet she must bring back the princess regardless. If not for love and duty, for her people's continued survival against the encroachment of powerful foreign conquerors, before whose ravenous ambitions the squabbles of two tribal kingdoms amount to dust. The Ghost Tiger's Lament is the first book of a historical fantasy series set in a world based loosely on the cultures of late Bronze Age China, during the time of Confucius and Sun Tzu.
The Ghost Tiger's Lament
Author: T. E. Waters
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty. When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it is her human adversaries who prove more dangerous as she navigates the shifting political landscape in a kingdom still recovering from a decades-long war: a foreign sorcerer, an eccentric apothecary, an ambitious bandit chief — perhaps even Zsaran, who has long awaited a chance to achieve freedom for both herself and Ashne. Soon Ashne can no longer reconcile her love for her sister and her devotion to the women they have both served since childhood. Yet she must bring back the princess regardless. If not for love and duty, for her people's continued survival against the encroachment of powerful foreign conquerors, before whose ravenous ambitions the squabbles of two tribal kingdoms amount to dust. The Ghost Tiger's Lament is the first book of a historical fantasy series set in a world based loosely on the cultures of late Bronze Age China, during the time of Confucius and Sun Tzu.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
As a child, Ashne swore two oaths. With her adopted sister Zsaran she made a pact: one would never die without the other. To their mistress, the queen, who plucked them both out of the inhospitable marshlands, she vowed eternal loyalty. When a tiger spirit from a rival kingdom kidnaps the queen's only daughter, Ashne, now a trusted bodyguard, follows in pursuit despite knowing that her sword will be of little use against the ancient magic steadily reawakening across the land. But it is her human adversaries who prove more dangerous as she navigates the shifting political landscape in a kingdom still recovering from a decades-long war: a foreign sorcerer, an eccentric apothecary, an ambitious bandit chief — perhaps even Zsaran, who has long awaited a chance to achieve freedom for both herself and Ashne. Soon Ashne can no longer reconcile her love for her sister and her devotion to the women they have both served since childhood. Yet she must bring back the princess regardless. If not for love and duty, for her people's continued survival against the encroachment of powerful foreign conquerors, before whose ravenous ambitions the squabbles of two tribal kingdoms amount to dust. The Ghost Tiger's Lament is the first book of a historical fantasy series set in a world based loosely on the cultures of late Bronze Age China, during the time of Confucius and Sun Tzu.
And the Rivers Sang
Author: T. E. Waters
Publisher: T. E. Waters
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Five brothers. One throne. And a humble boatman. The unexpected death of Prince Mukkuen’s eldest brother, the king of Sra, sends the entire country into tumult when Mukkuen’s vicious second brother kills the young heir and seizes the throne for himself. Mukkuen and third brother Pieh flee, fearing for their lives; youngest brother Khesjit stays behind, pretending to swear loyalty to the usurper. As the fourth son, Mukkuen has never been a particularly ambitious man, and soon resigns himself to a life of exile. Pieh, on the other hand, plots obsessively to return and overthrow their usurper brother. As their paths drift apart, Mukkuen sets off on a journey down the southern rivers together with a mysterious but captivating young boatman who opens his eyes to a world of magic and wonder… But these days of idle paradise cannot last. Pieh sets his plans into motion. Khesjit, too, makes his move. Mukkuen, torn between family, duty, and love, comes to realize that even the power of the rivers may not be enough to change his fate. A novella of the Spring and Autumn universe.
Publisher: T. E. Waters
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
Five brothers. One throne. And a humble boatman. The unexpected death of Prince Mukkuen’s eldest brother, the king of Sra, sends the entire country into tumult when Mukkuen’s vicious second brother kills the young heir and seizes the throne for himself. Mukkuen and third brother Pieh flee, fearing for their lives; youngest brother Khesjit stays behind, pretending to swear loyalty to the usurper. As the fourth son, Mukkuen has never been a particularly ambitious man, and soon resigns himself to a life of exile. Pieh, on the other hand, plots obsessively to return and overthrow their usurper brother. As their paths drift apart, Mukkuen sets off on a journey down the southern rivers together with a mysterious but captivating young boatman who opens his eyes to a world of magic and wonder… But these days of idle paradise cannot last. Pieh sets his plans into motion. Khesjit, too, makes his move. Mukkuen, torn between family, duty, and love, comes to realize that even the power of the rivers may not be enough to change his fate. A novella of the Spring and Autumn universe.
The Complete Works of Thomas Brooks: London's lamentations
Author: Thomas Brooks
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puritans
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Puritans
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
When Maidens Mourn
Author: C. S. Harris
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101565829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Gabrielle Tennyson is murdered, aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his new reluctant bride, the fiercely independent Hero Jarvis, find themselves involved in an intrigue concerning the myth of King Arthur, Camelot, and a future poet laureate...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101565829
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
When Gabrielle Tennyson is murdered, aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr and his new reluctant bride, the fiercely independent Hero Jarvis, find themselves involved in an intrigue concerning the myth of King Arthur, Camelot, and a future poet laureate...
A Chinese-English Dictionary
Author: Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese language
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese language
Languages : en
Pages : 1480
Book Description
The lady, or the tiger? The transferred ghost. The spectral mortgage. Our archery club. That same old 'coon. His wife's deceased sister. Our story. Mr. Tolman. On the training of parents. Our fire-screen. A piece of red calico. Every man his own letter-writer
Author: Frank Richard Stockton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Vanishing Western Ghost Towns with Lamentations
Author: Thomas W. Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
A Chinese-English Dictionary: v. 1 (fasc. 7) Preface, tables, and radical index. 1912
Author: Herbert Allen Giles
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese language
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chinese language
Languages : en
Pages : 960
Book Description
The Tiger's Daughter
Author: K Arsenault Rivera
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765392534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
A lush new epic historical fantasy series that evokes the ambition and widespread appeal of Patrick Rothfuss and the vivid storytelling of Naomi Novik
Publisher: Tor Books
ISBN: 0765392534
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 527
Book Description
A lush new epic historical fantasy series that evokes the ambition and widespread appeal of Patrick Rothfuss and the vivid storytelling of Naomi Novik
To Kill a Tiger
Author: Jid Lee
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468302841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Against the backdrop of modern Korea's violent and tumultuous history, To Kill A Tiger is a searing portrait of a woman and a society in the midst of violent change. Drawing on Korean legend and myth, as well as an Asian woman's unique perspective on the United States, Lee weaves her compelling personal narrative with a collective and accessible history of modern Korea, from Japanese colonialism to war-era comfort women, from the genocide of the Korean War to the government persecution and silence of Cold War-era pogroms. The ritual of storytelling, which she shares with the women of her family, serves as a window into a five-generation family saga, and it is through storytelling that Lee comes to appreciate the sacrifices of her ancestors and her own now American place in her family and society. In To Kill A Tiger Lee provides a revelatory look at war and modernization in her native country, a story of personal growth, and a tribute to the culture that formed her.
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468302841
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Against the backdrop of modern Korea's violent and tumultuous history, To Kill A Tiger is a searing portrait of a woman and a society in the midst of violent change. Drawing on Korean legend and myth, as well as an Asian woman's unique perspective on the United States, Lee weaves her compelling personal narrative with a collective and accessible history of modern Korea, from Japanese colonialism to war-era comfort women, from the genocide of the Korean War to the government persecution and silence of Cold War-era pogroms. The ritual of storytelling, which she shares with the women of her family, serves as a window into a five-generation family saga, and it is through storytelling that Lee comes to appreciate the sacrifices of her ancestors and her own now American place in her family and society. In To Kill A Tiger Lee provides a revelatory look at war and modernization in her native country, a story of personal growth, and a tribute to the culture that formed her.