(Ebook) Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig ISBN 9781639730384, 9781639730377, 1639730389, 1639730370

(Ebook) Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig ISBN 9781639730384, 9781639730377, 1639730389, 1639730370

For readers of Outlawed, Piranesi, & The Night Tiger, a dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, & the dangerous price of power.Named a Most Anticipated Novel by:Washington Post * Goodreads * LitHub * NetGalley's We Are Bookish * Debutiful * Our Culture * The Chicago Review of Books * The Rumpus * Tor.comWhen Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, & agreeing to bear him a son & heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet.But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a brutal, crafty nobleman with ridding the South China Seas of pirates, & the Europeans — tired of losing ships, men, & money to Shek Yeung's alliance-have new plans for the area. Even worse, Shek Yeung's cutthroat retributions create problems all their own. As Shek Yeung navigates new motherhood & the crises of leadership, she must decide how long she is willing to fight, and at what price, or risk losing her fleet, her new family, & even her life.A book of salt & grit, blood & sweat, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea is an unmissable portrait of a woman who leads with the courage & ruthlessness of our darkest & most beloved heroes.Rita Chang-Eppig has an MFA in Fiction from NYU. The Taiwanese writer has had stories appear in Virginia Quarterly Review, The Best American Short Stories 2021, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, & more. She has also received a number of fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, the Rona Jaffe Foundation,