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Beschreibung
An irresistibly dark reimagining of 1930s Shanghai filled with glamour, gods and gangsters. Daughter of Calamity is an atmospheric fantasy from Rosalie M. Lin, perfect for fans of S. A. Chakraborty and Fonda Lee.

'I was utterly swept up . . . seductive, sprawling, full of malice' - Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns

In Shanghai, danger wears many faces . . .

1932, Shanghai. By day, Jingwen delivers bones for her grandmother, an exclusive surgeon who works for the most formidable gang in the city. By night, she dances at the Paramount, a lavish cabaret club, competing ruthlessly to charm its wealthy patrons.

Then mysterious attackers start to target the dancers, stealing the faces of their victims and selling them on to the powerful elite. Jingwen fears she could be next. To protect herself and her fellow performers, she has no choice but to delve deeper into the city's glittering underworld.

In this treacherous realm of cut-throat businessmen, silver-limbed gangsters and vengeful gods, Jingwen soon learns that she must become something far stranger and more dangerous than she ever imagined if she hopes to survive . . .

'Decadent, dangerous and addictive' - A. Y. Chao, Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal
An irresistibly dark reimagining of 1930s Shanghai filled with glamour, gods and gangsters. Daughter of Calamity is an atmospheric fantasy from Rosalie M. Lin, perfect for fans of S. A. Chakraborty and Fonda Lee.

'I was utterly swept up . . . seductive, sprawling, full of malice' - Kendare Blake, New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns

In Shanghai, danger wears many faces . . .

1932, Shanghai. By day, Jingwen delivers bones for her grandmother, an exclusive surgeon who works for the most formidable gang in the city. By night, she dances at the Paramount, a lavish cabaret club, competing ruthlessly to charm its wealthy patrons.

Then mysterious attackers start to target the dancers, stealing the faces of their victims and selling them on to the powerful elite. Jingwen fears she could be next. To protect herself and her fellow performers, she has no choice but to delve deeper into the city's glittering underworld.

In this treacherous realm of cut-throat businessmen, silver-limbed gangsters and vengeful gods, Jingwen soon learns that she must become something far stranger and more dangerous than she ever imagined if she hopes to survive . . .

'Decadent, dangerous and addictive' - A. Y. Chao, Sunday Times bestselling author of Shanghai Immortal
Zusammenfassung
Rosalie M. Lin is a Chinese-American writer from the San Francisco Bay Area. She has, at various points in the past decade, graduated with a degree in Comparative Literature, pole-danced in two Beijing nightclubs and dropped out of a biomedical PhD program, before seriously pursuing her original dream of becoming an author. Daughter of Calamity is her debut novel.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 18
Erscheinungsjahr: 2024
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781035011278
ISBN-10: 1035011271
Sprache: Englisch
Herstellernummer: 99033
Ausstattung / Beilage: Trade Paperback
Einband: Paperback
Autor: Lin, Rosalie M.
Auflage: Air Iri OME
Hersteller: Macmillan Publishers International
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße: 26 x 152 x 232 mm
Von/Mit: Rosalie M. Lin
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.06.2024
Gewicht: 0,43 kg
Artikel-ID: 128129431