Na absorbovanie historickej fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines rise k silu Ming Dynasty's founding emperor. V famine-stricken dediny on a dusty plain, a seer shows dve deti ich fates. For a family's eighth-born son, there's greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. V 1345, China lies restless pod harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes z ich domova, dve deti must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. Ale girl resolves to overcome hier destiny. So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu úniku čo sa píše v hviezdach, ako rebelión sweeps the land? Alebo can she claim her brother's greatness - a rise as high as she can dream? Tento je glorious tajomstvo lásky, loss, betrayal a triumph by a powerful new voice.