Instant New York Times No.1 Bestseller. A YA Pacific Rim meets the Handmaid’s Tale retelling of the rise of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor in Chinese history. I have no faith in love. Love cannot save me. I choose vengeance. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises – giant transforming robots that battle aliens beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that their female co-pilots are expected to serve as concubines and often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, her plan is to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But after miraculously surviving her first battle, Zetian sets her sights on a mightier goal. The time has come to stop more girls from being sacrificed. ‘This is the historical-inspired, futuristic sci-fi mash-up of my wildest dreams.’ Chloe Gong ‘Raging against the patriarchy in spectacular style.’ Observer, best books of the year ‘Zetian is unstoppable, and I dare you not to cheer her on.’ Elizabeth Lim, author of Spin the Dawn A New York Times bestseller, Oct 10 2021

Iron Widow

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it's to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister's death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.​ To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia​. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller CBC bestseller USA Today bestseller Zetian must balance dangerous politics with a new quest for vengeance in the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Iron Widow. 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?

Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2)

From award winning author Peg A. Lamphier comes the fourth installment of her Kate Warne Civil War Spy series. As if Pinkerton Detective Kate Warne doesn't have enough to do, what with Confederate spies running amuk in war-time Washington, an old case comes back to haunt her. Five years a Black Widow killer disappeared without a trace. Now it looks like the nefarious lady serial murderer is back and getting ready to kill again. The tricky part of the investigation lies in establishing the Black Widow's identity. The client wants the Pinkerton Detective Agency to discredit a lady spiritualist who has romantically ensnared his boss. At first Allan refuses the case. He has a long-standing policy of not taking 'marital' investigations, but when the client's description of the mysterious temptress rings a bell Pinkerton sends for Kate. He might have stumbled upon the Black Widow.Kate retraces her investigative trail, hoping to uncover details that will link the woman who killed her father and two husbands to this lady spiritualist. The new investigation pushes Kate to confront the investigative mistakes she made when she was new to the detecting business. What she learns forces her to think about the Black Widow case differently. Alone in wintery upstate New York, separated from her Washington friends and missing Army Captain George Hazzard, Kate must confront the social norms that push some women to violence. Cold and alone, she must ask, is murder ever justified? And do some men need murdering?

Iron Widow: Kate Warne Civil War Spy Series, Book 4

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