Description

The Scattered Pearls Belt is a string of habitats under tight military rule where the powerful have become all too comfortable in their positions and their corruption But change is coming with the arrival of Quynh the mysterious and enigmatic Alchemist of Streams and Hills

To Minh daughter of the ruling prefect of the Belt Quynh represents a chance for escape To Ho a destitute engineer Quynh has a mysterious link to her own past and holds a deeper more sensual appeal But Quynh has her own secret history and a plan for the ruling class of the Belt A plan that will tear open old wounds shake the heavens and may well consume her

A beautiful exploration of the power of love of revenge and of the wounds of the past this fastpaced heartwarming space opera is set against a backdrop of corruption power and political scheming in the far reaches of the awardwinning Xuya universe