The Tale of Li Lan
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A stunning novel with an Asian setting by Mia Mojin, a writer from Siberia and a fan of Chinese culture. The novel was included in the Top 10 shortlist of Author.Today's literary contest "Warriors of the Celestial Empire". For all fans of China, the Orient, and novels in the vein of Tianxia Guan's Phoenix Rising, Siran J. Zhao's The Iron Widow, and Sue Lynn Tan's Daughter of the Moon Goddess.
Li Lan died to go back in time and redeem herself. On that sunny spring morning, when the peach tree bloomed at the intersection of the stone paths in her courtyard, there were still no ruined walls, scorched grass, or bloody sweat on the split stones. Nothing that heralded the coming of the Great Calamity of Three Worlds. Now she must relive those three years again and try to save her loved ones by unraveling the mystery of her origins....
"Tales of Li Lan" is Chinese fantasy, the subgenres of "wuxia" and "xuanhuan", which means you'll find inclusions of modern Western technology here, as well as homunculi, chimeras, and various artifacts. The book also has a "manapunk" trope, technomagic. The action takes place in the early Qing Dynasty, but has signs of modern culture due to the artifacts. For example, art fans (smartphones), flying ships powered by natural spiritual power (bai qi).
Li Lan died to go back in time and redeem herself. On that sunny spring morning, when the peach tree bloomed at the intersection of the stone paths in her courtyard, there were still no ruined walls, scorched grass, or bloody sweat on the split stones. Nothing that heralded the coming of the Great Calamity of Three Worlds. Now she must relive those three years again and try to save her loved ones by unraveling the mystery of her origins....
"Tales of Li Lan" is Chinese fantasy, the subgenres of "wuxia" and "xuanhuan", which means you'll find inclusions of modern Western technology here, as well as homunculi, chimeras, and various artifacts. The book also has a "manapunk" trope, technomagic. The action takes place in the early Qing Dynasty, but has signs of modern culture due to the artifacts. For example, art fans (smartphones), flying ships powered by natural spiritual power (bai qi).
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Young Adult. Heavenly Dragon. Asian fantasy by Russian authors