It had certainly been a while since i read any Xuya stories when i finally got this in my Kindle’s memory bank, but i soon fell back into the universe like i’d never been away.
‘The Red Scholar is dead.’ So begins the story. And left behind in her wake is her wife, the mindship Rice Fish.
The Red Scholar was the head of the Red Banner of the pirates and Rice Fish wants to stake her claim as banner head, but to do so she needs to find out who arranged the death of her wife. In order to do so she enlists the help of a captured scavenger, Xich Si. And so begins a story of intrigue, deception, betrayals, love, and all kinds of crazy pirates’ political machinations.
Super good stuff, as are all the Xuya Stories i’ve read.
Next in the Xuya universe is A Fire Born of Exile.
Bye for now.
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