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?
