Beauty in Ruins

K. X. Song

Aug 2027 · Wayward TxF

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A deadly competition. Hidden loyalties. And an all-powerful empire with a secret at its heart.

Anya arrives at the Zodiac court to compete for the title of the empire’s greatest fan dancer—and the hand of its handsome, arrogant king. However, Anya is not the noble lady she appears to be.

Raised alongside her orphaned sisters by the Unnamed, a secret order of assassins, she has one final mission: to find the Aether Seed, the source of the empire’s power, and to kill the Dragon king.

As she hunts for the Aether Seed, though, with her family’s future bound to its fate, she learns that perhaps her secret identity is not as secret as she had thought, and that her loyalties are not so clear cut as she believes.

Epic worldbuilding

Deadly secrets

Spies

Handsome men wearing the heck out of crowns

A stunning, pulse-pounding first title in an epic new fantasy duology from the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author K.X. Song. Perfect for fans of Ann Liang, Ava Reid, and Samantha Shannon.

A deadly competition. Hidden loyalties. And an all-powerful empire with a secret at its heart. Anya arrives at the Zodiac court to compete for the title of the empire’s greatest fan dancer—and the hand of its handsome, arrogant king. However, Anya is not the noble lady she appears to be. Raised a...

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About the author

K. X. Song is the New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of critically acclaimed contemporary and fantasy fiction. A diaspora writer with roots in Hong Kong and Shanghai, she writes stories that explore collective memory, translation, and the shifting nature of history. Her young adult novel, An Echo in the City, won the Freeman Book Award and was named a Best Book of the Year by the Financial Times, Kirkus Reviews, and the Chinese American Librarians Association. Her fantasy duology, The Night Ends with Fire and The Dragon Wakes with Thunder, won the Octavia E. Butler Award and has been published in over a dozen foreign territories. She lives in New York City.

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