A Good Morning America Buzz Pick For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, and The Night Tiger, a dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of power. As Recommended By The Today Show Washington Post Goodreads, Lit Hub Real Simple Time Popsugar Huff Post Los Angeles, Times Ms. Magazine Book Riot Elle.com, The Rumpus Tor.com, Polygon Debutiful Electric Lit Shondaland. When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan- immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet. But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a brutal, crafty nobleman with ridding the South China Seas of pirates, and the Europeans- tired of losing ships, men, and money to Shek Yeung's alliance- have new plans for the area. Even worse, Shek Yeung's cutthroat retributions create problems all their own.