He Who Drowned the World (The Radiant Emperor #2) -

Shelley Parker-Chan

Tor Books

2023

400 páginas

13h 20m

ISBN-10: 1250621828

How much would you give to win the world?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.

But Zhu isn't the only one with imperial ambitions. Her neighbor in the south, the courtesan Madam Zhang, wants the throne for her husband--and she's strong enough to wipe Zhu off the map. To stay in the game, Zhu will have to gamble everything on a risky alliance with an old enemy: the talented but unstable eunuch general Ouyang, who has already sacrificed everything for a chance at revenge on his father's killer, the Great Khan.

Unbeknownst to the southerners, a new contender is even closer to the throne. The scorned scholar Wang Baoxiang has maneuvered his way into the capital, and his lethal court games threaten to bring the empire to its knees. For Baoxiang also desires revenge: to become the most degenerate Great Khan in history--and in so doing, make a mockery of every value his Mongol warrior family loved more than him.

All the contenders are determined to do whatever it takes to win. But when desire is the size of the world, the price could be too much for even the most ruthless heart to bear...

Resenhas (4)

4 (Muito bom)

Drinking game:

Beba toda vez que acontecer algum tipo de traição

🤬 #$%!& q livro densoooo sinto q demorei 3 séculos pra ler
Estratégia de guerra e política realmente n é pra mim kkkkkkkk
Mas foi legal no geral :)
Ouyang eu te amo, msm em td a sua misoginia.
Ma foi esquecida no churrasco o livro td, mas apareceu na última parte pra resolver td. Diva.
Wang baoxiang o twink mais perigoso do mundo.
Zhu continua maluca. Um bj pra ela.

Ps.: eu não chamaria essa duologia de fantasia nem aqui nem na china. o max de "magia" q acontece é luzinha colorida na mão das pessoas e fantasmas.