12/19/2023 0 Comments New lunar chronicles book![]() Inspired by the Mahabharata and other ancient Indian stories, A Spark of White Fire is a lush, sweeping space opera about family, curses, and the endless battle between jealousy and love.Ĭora Saros is just trying her best to join the family business of theft and intergalactic smuggling. When the King of Wychstar offers to gift the unbeatable, sentient warship Titania to a warrior that can win his competition, she sees her way home: she’ll enter the competition, reveal her true identity to the world, and help her famous brother win back the crown of Kali. Raised alone and far away from her home on Kali, Esmae longs to return to her family. In a universe of capricious gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on the backs of spaceships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle steals the throne of Kali from his nephew, and an exiled prince vows to take his crown back. Rep: ownvoices South Asian-inspired setting and characters bisexual side character, lesbian side characters If Amani ever wishes to see her family again, she must play the princess to perfection…because one wrong move could lead to her death. But the glitter of the royal court belies a world of violence and fear. The princess is so hated by her conquered people that she requires a body double, someone to appear in public as Maram, ready to die in her place.Īs Amani is forced into her new role, she can’t help but enjoy the palace’s beauty-and her time with the princess’ fiancé, Idris. She dreams of what life was like before the occupation she dreams of writing poetry like the old-world poems she adores she dreams of receiving a sign from Dihya that one day, she, too, will have adventure, and travel beyond her isolated moon.īut when adventure comes for Amani, it is not what she expects: she is kidnapped by the regime and taken in secret to the royal palace, where she discovers that she is nearly identical to the cruel half-Vathek Princess Maram. In a star system dominated by the brutal Vathek empire, eighteen-year-old Amani is a dreamer. | read my reviews of book one and book two | Rep: ownvoices Moroccan-inspired world and characters wlw main character and love interest Bound together by an evil that only they can stop, the two fugitives must join forces to save the galaxy. But soon, Rhee and Aly discover that the assassination attempt is just one part of a sinister plot. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The princess and her accused killer are forced to go into hiding – even as a war between planets is waged in Rhee’s name. Their paths collide with one brutal act of violence: Rhee is attacked, barely escaping with her life. Despite his popularity, Aly struggles with anti-Wraetan prejudices and the pressure of being perfect in the public eye. Now, on the eve of her coronation, the time has finally come for Rhee to claim her throne – and her revenge.Īlyosha is a Wraetan who has risen above his war refugee origins to find fame as the dashing star of a DroneVision show. The only surviving heir to an ancient Kalusian dynasty, Rhee has spent her life training to destroy the people who killed her family. Empress of a Thousand Skies by Rhoda BellezaĬrown Princess Rhiannon Ta’an wants vengeance. ![]()
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