NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In a fallen kingdom, one girl carries the key to discovering the secrets of her nation''s pastand unleashing the demons that sleep at its heart. An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China. Brims with pure magic. Zhao has woven together a story of self-discovery, slow-burning romance, and heart-pounding revelations. Rebecca Ross, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals A magical tale set in a glittering, dangerous world featuring a dynamic heroine and an enigmatic hero. Isabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What The River Knows Lan spends her nights as a songgirl in Haakgong, a city transformed by the Elantian colonizers. Her days are consumed by the search for knowledge about the strange markan untranslatable Hin characterburned into her arm by her mother in her last act before she died. Zen is a practitionerone of the fabled magicians of the Last Kingdom. Hes never seen anything like Lans 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 secretssecrets 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.
