Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao
Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers.
After suffering devastating loss and making drastic decisions, Zetian finds herself on the seat of power in Huaxia, but she has also learned that her world is not as it seems. Revelations about an enemy who dangles one of her loved ones as a hostage force Zetian to share power with a dangerous man she cannot simply depose. Despite their mutual dislike and distrust, the two must work together to take down their common enemy and stoke a revolution against the systems of exploitation that plague their world.
However, power is not so easy to wield once seized, and a revolution is not so easy to control once unleashed. As Huaxia’s former elites strike back and the common people’s fervor for justice turns bloody and paranoid, can Zetian remain a fair and just ruler? Or will she be forced to rely on fear and violence and succumb to her darker instincts in her quest for vengeance and liberation?
- File Name:heavenly-tyrant-by-xiran-jay-zhao.epub
- Original Title:Heavenly Tyrant
- Creator:Xiran Jay Zhao
- Language:en-US
- Identifier:9780735269996
- Publisher:Tundra Book Group
- Date:2024-12-24
- File Size:5.522 MB
Table of Content
- 1. Cover
- 2. Title Page
- 3. Copyright
- 4. Contents
- 5. Dedication
- 6. Author’s Note
- 7. Diagrams
- 8. Prologue
- 9. Part I: Heavenly Emperor
- Chapter One: The Legend, the Truth
- Chapter Two: Remember This
- Chapter Three: To Quench Thirst with Poison
- Chapter Four: Same Shit, Different Man
- Chapter Five: The Strike
- Chapter Six: Stress-Induced Metamorphosis
- Chapter Seven: A Testament to Why They should’ve Used Less-Confusing Terms in Metaphysics
- Chapter Eight: Strangers
- Chapter Nine: The Reunion Nobody Wanted
- Chapter Ten: Long Live the Emperor
- 10. Part II: Heavenly Empress
- Chapter Eleven: Out of Time
- Chapter Twelve: What Are You?
- Chapter Thirteen: The Reaction
- Chapter Fourteen: Eye of the Storm
- Chapter Fifteen: Doomed to Secrecy
- Chapter Sixteen: Mother of the Realm
- Chapter Seventeen: The Rest of the Voiceless
- Chapter Eighteen: A Price Worth Paying
- Chapter Nineteen: How Cursed, This Cycle
- Chapter Twenty: No More Weakness
- Chapter Twenty-One: Nonsensical
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Bring Down the Sky
- Chapter Twenty-Three: The Flag of Righteousness
- Chapter Twenty-Four: No Way to Win
- Chapter Twenty-Five: The Way to Be Free
- Chapter Twenty-Six: To Hold Up Half the World
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Pieces Left Behind
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: Liaisons
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Iron Widows
- Chapter Thirty: No Wrath Like Mother Nature’s
- Chapter Thirty-One: Defeat
- Chapter Thirty-Two: More Beyond This
- Chapter Thirty-Three: Worse than Any Nightmare
- Chapter Thirty-Four: Dark Side
- Chapter Thirty-Five: Always Prepared
- Chapter Thirty-Six: Worst Mistake
- Chapter Thirty-Seven: Revolution Within the Revolution
- Chapter Thirty-Eight: In Solidarity We Rise
- Chapter Thirty-Nine: How Much More
- Chapter Forty: Enough Is Enough
- Chapter Forty-One: In the Name of the People
- Chapter Forty-Two: What Must Not Be Unleashed
- 11. Part III: Heavenly Khan
- Chapter Forty-Three: To Deceive Heaven
- Chapter Forty-Four: The Push, the Pull
- Chapter Forty-Five: Point of No Return
- Chapter Forty-Six: One Way or Another
- Chapter Forty-Seven: Nothing that Won’t Be Over Soon
- Chapter Forty-Eight: Rise, Rise, Rise, Rise
- Chapter Forty-Nine: Havoc in Heaven
- Chapter Fifty: Enemy of My Enemy
- Chapter Fifty-One: Vengeful Ghost
- Chapter Fifty-Two: The Spark that Cannot be Extinguished
- Chapter Fifty-Three: Seeds that Bloom
- Chapter Fifty-Four: Poor Fool
- Chapter Fifty-Five: The Dragon and the Phoenix
- Chapter Fifty-Six: Tengri Khagan
- 12. Epilogue
- 13. Acknowledgements
- 14. About the Author
Xiran Jay Zhao
