The Cinnabar Dragon

By Jasmine Borschberg

At twelve, Li Hua is sold to a floating brothel, but destiny has other plans. Behind the walls of the Forbidden City, she evolves from concubine to spy. She navigates treachery, suppresses a rebellion, and engineers a bold escape with only a mastery of martial arts and a cinnabar dragon pendant imbued with the fatal poison known as GU. In modern-day San Francisco, Lu Carter, an adopted Chinese American and a medical engineer, is introduced to the mysteries of her family's past when she receives an ancient chronicle. During a trip to Shanghai, she uncovers her birth mother's dark history-imprisonment and debts owed to the wrong people. Upon her return, Lu is terminated from her job and faces a corporate espionage lawsuit after her invention is leaked. But the past and present soon collide.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1035871319
• ISBN13: 9781035871315
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Austin Macauley
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"