The Poet Empress : The hotly anticipated standalone fantasy debut perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang and Madeline Miller by Shen Tao

The Poet Empress : The hotly anticipated standalone fantasy debut perfect for fans of R.F. Kuang and Madeline Miller by Shen Tao'Vicious, gorgeous, and fiercely haunting' CHLOE GONG'Sublime' AMELIE WEN ZHAO'Enthralling' ANDREA STEWART'Astounding' CHELSEA ABDULLAH'Lyrical' K. X. SONG'Devastating' KRITIKA H. RAO'Fantasy at its best' VAISHNAVI PATELTO KILL A MONSTER, SHE MUST BECOME ONE . . . As the emperor lays dying, the once great Azalea Dynasty plunges towards civil war. While its princes plot for power, a more hidden war to become the next empress occupies the imperial

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THE EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF THE FATHER OF MODERN GEOLOGYHidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world

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