<p><b>British Fantasy Award Winner</b><br><b>Lambda Literary Award Finalist</b><br><b>Two-time Hugo Award Finalist</b><br><b>Locus Award Finalist</b><br><br><b>"Magnificent in every way."¿Samantha Shannon, author of <i>The Priory of the Orange Tree</i></b><br><br><b>"A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal."¿Zen Cho, author of <i>Black Water Sister</i></b><br><br><b><i>She Who Became the Sun</i> reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty¿s founding emperor.</b><br><br>To possess the Mandate of Heaven, the female monk Zhu will do anything<br><br>¿I refuse to be nothing¿¿<br><br>In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A boy, greatness. A girl, nothingness¿<br><br>In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family¿s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will c