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Les frontières d'Huaxia sont défendues par les Chrysalides, gigantesques machines pilotées par les énergies psychiques combinées d'un homme et de sa concubine. Hélas ! les combats sont violents, et si les hommes en réchappent, les femmes sont presque toujours sacrifiées. Malgré cela, Zetian s'engage dans l'armée. Son objectif ? Venger sa soeur en tuant le pilote responsable de sa mort. Sortie victorieuse de l'affrontement grâce à sa force psychique exceptionnelle, Zetian devient alors Veuve de Fer et rejoint l'élite des combattants.
Elle sera dès lors associée à Li Shimin, le pilote le plus dangereux et controversé d'Huaxia. Bien décidée à rester en vie, Zetian compte profiter de son nouveau statut pour lutter contre le système patriarcal qui régit la société. Elle s'en fait la promesse : dorénavant, les jeunes femmes ne seront plus sacrifiées...
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The instant #1 The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall of China. It doesn''t matter that the girls die from the mental strain.
When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it''s to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister''s death. But when she gets her vengeance, it becomes clear that she is an Iron Widow, a rare kind of female pilot who can sacrifice males to power up Chrysalises instead.
To tame her frightening yet valuable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest male pilot in Huaxia, yet feared and ostracized for killing his father and brothers. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will take over instead, then leverage their combined strength to force her society to stop failing its women and girls. Or die trying. -
Zetian, now ruler of Changan, must balance dangerous politics with her quest for revenge in the sequel to the #1
Having reclaimed her homeland from the Hunduns and learned the true nature of the gods, Iron Widow Zetian returns to Chang''an with Emperor-General Qin Zheng to rule together and attempt to deconstruct the corrupt and misogynist system that plagues the country. However, she must not only contend with political unrest and continued Hundun attacks but also with the gods themselves, who hold Li Shimin''s life in their hands and seek to control Zetian as their puppet.
Dangerous forces seek to undermine Zetian at every turn. Can she enact positive changes as a fair and just ruler, and change the system from within? Or will she be forced to rely on fear and violence, and succumb to her darker instincts, becoming almost as corrupt as Chang''an''s previous rulers, in her quest for vengeance? Find out in this highly-anticipated sequel to -
After suffering devastating loss, Zetian finds herself at the seat of power in Huaxia. But her world is not as it seems, and revelations about an enemy more daunting than she imagined forces her to share her power with a dangerous man. Zetian must join this man in a dance of truth and lies to take down their common enemy.
With perilous forces aiming to undermine Zetian at every turn, can she enact positive changes as a fair and just ruler? Or will she be forced to rely on fear and violence and succumb to her darker instincts in her quest for vengeance? -
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Percy Jackson meets Yu-Gi-Oh in this hilarious, action-packed fantasy adventure.
Zachary Ying has never had much chance to learn about his Chinese heritage. So when he's chosen to host the spirit of the First Emperor of China for a vital mission, he is woefully unprepared. As a result, the emperor botches his attempt to possess Zack's body and binds to his AR gaming headset instead.
With the legendary tyrant yapping in his headset, Zack must journey across China to steal magical artifacts and defeat figures from history and myth. Using his newfound water dragon powers, can Zack complete the mission in time to save the mortal world? -