NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER âą In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation's pastâand unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China.
âBrims with pure magic. Zhao has woven together a story of self-discovery, slow-burning romance, and heart-pounding revelations.â âRebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals
âA magical tale set in a glittering, dangerous world featuring a dynamic heroine and an enigmatic hero.â âIsabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times bsetselling author of What The River Knows
Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haakâgong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers. Her days are consumed by the search for knowledge about the strange markâan untranslatable Hin characterâburned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died.
Zen is a practitionerâone of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Heâs never seen anything like Lanâs mark, but he knows that if there are answers, they lie deep in the pine forests and misty mountains of the Last Kingdom, with an order of practitioning masters planning to overthrow the Elantian regime.
Yet, both Lan and Zen are hiding secretsâsecrets that are buried deep within them. Secrets that even they have still to unearth. Both hold the power to liberate their land, if they don't destroy it first.
Now the battle for the Last Kingdom begins.
Inspired by ancient Chinese mythology and folklore, Song of Silver, Flame Like Night transports readers to a lush fantasy world filled with high-stakes adventure, glittering magic, and against-all-odds romance from beginning to end.