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The Widow of Ten Thousand Sails
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ISBN13: 9798191996165
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 472
Weight: 1.24
Height: 1.17 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
After her pirate king husband dies, a ruthless widow unites six violent fleets, battles an empire, and risks becoming the tyrant she once feared.
Shi Lian has spent her life learning what powerful men reveal when they believe a woman is listening only to flatter them. Then the pirate king Zheng Ren dies in a storm, and six murderous fleets discover his widow has been listening to everything.
Shi Lian has spent her life learning what powerful men reveal when they believe a woman is listening only to flatter them. Then the pirate king Zheng Ren dies in a storm, and six murderous fleets discover his widow has been listening to everything.
To keep the confederation from tearing itself apart, Shi joins forces with Bao Ren, her husband's adopted heir and the most dangerous blade on the Pearl Coast. Together they impose laws on thieves, bind rival captains through fear and necessity, and turn a floating city of killers, families, smugglers, healers, and merchants into something the Empire can no longer dismiss as piracy.
But power makes its own enemies. Admiral Lin Dao learns how to bleed the banners. Viceroy Bai Wen discovers that rice can do what cannon cannot. Huang Shan, the Golden Butcher, proves that some monsters are most dangerous when they stand beneath your own flag.
As battles blacken the river, children grow up too quickly, old friends become rivals, and every victory demands a price Shi once swore she would never pay. To save the people who made her powerful, the Red Widow must decide whether freedom means keeping her kingdom or having the courage to let it go.
But power makes its own enemies. Admiral Lin Dao learns how to bleed the banners. Viceroy Bai Wen discovers that rice can do what cannon cannot. Huang Shan, the Golden Butcher, proves that some monsters are most dangerous when they stand beneath your own flag.
As battles blacken the river, children grow up too quickly, old friends become rivals, and every victory demands a price Shi once swore she would never pay. To save the people who made her powerful, the Red Widow must decide whether freedom means keeping her kingdom or having the courage to let it go.
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