Long isolated from her family following her parents’ murder, Princess Xilian of Piao discovers the corrupt royal advisors are plotting to overthrow and kill her brother, the emperor. Desperately seeking help, she flees from the floating empire of lotuses to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xilian tracks down her exiled brother Lang to assist in her efforts to disrupt the advisors’ plans and remove them from court. Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Piao, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xilian is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution. A riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science fantasy, this is a richly envisioned and powerful debut novel from the winner of the Bram Stoker (R) and Nebula Awards.
