The Dragon Wakes with Thunder

The special first edition hardcover will include brilliantly illustrated endpapers, striking and detailed stenciled edges, and a beautiful foil-stamped case.

Hai Meilin may have won the war, but peace offers no freedom. Upon her triumphant return to Anlai, she is shackled—not praised—for daring to wield a sword as a woman. Imprisoned within palace walls, she becomes a symbol both feared and revered: the outlaw heroine who dared to summon the sea dragon, Qinglong, and turn the tide of battle.

In the east, a rising rebellion calls for Meilin to lead the charge. In the south, a captured prince—once an enemy, now an ally—pleads for her help to restore the balance of the fractured Three Kingdoms. And back in Anlai, Liu Sky, the commander who taught her to fight and the man she once loved, seeks to claim the throne—with Meilin at his side.

Each path tempts her. Each one is laced with danger, betrayal, and a pull on her heart. But none are as relentless as the call of the ancient power inside her.