About the Book: She Who Became the Sun
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller.
An absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynastys founding emperor.
In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their
fates. For a familys eighth-born son, theres greatness. For the second daughter,
nothing.
In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid
wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba
despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she
takes her