Foul Lady Fortune,the first in a duology,is a speculative historical noir surrounding the events of Imperial Japan's expansion into China in the 1930s.
It's 1931 in Shanghai,and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue.
Four years ago,Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death,but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging-and allows her to heal from any wound. In short,Rosalind cannot die. Now,desperate for redemption from her traitorous past,she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country. Code name: Fortune.
But when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march,Rosalind's mission pivots. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai,and the Japanese are under suspicion. Rosalind's new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed.
To reduce suspicion,however,she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy,Orion Hong,and though Rosalind finds Orion's cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating,she is willing to work with him for the greater good. But Orion has an agenda of his own,and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy,the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9781529380309Number of pages: 544Weight: 380 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 40 mm
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'Raw,thrilling and dizzyingly romantic,Foul Lady Fortune is a marvel'- Sangu Mandanna,author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
'Foul Lady Fortune is a rich and thrilling web of covert identities and competing ideologies,with a devastating slow-burn romance at its core. Gong has crafted an absolutely gripping and wonderfully confident start to a new series'- Sunya Mara,author of The Darkening
'An absolute fireball of a book. This is an impeccably slick murder mystery entangled in the backstabbing,claustrophobic world of spies and political machinations... leaves you scheming,theorising and obsessing'- The Nerd Daily
'In the usual style of conspiracy thrillers,it contains rather a lot to keep up with: a large cast of characters,some with more than one name,some of them working for more than one side. But Chloe Gong unfolds it all with care... over time,the reader becomes properly invested in her cast of young agents with messy lives'- SFX
Chloe Gong
Chloe Gong is a Chinese-born New Zealand author of YA fiction,best known for her 2020 debut These Violent Delights.
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