The Lotus and The Blade: A Pirate Queen's Forbidden Love

By Mayuri Khedkar

She was sold to a floating brothel.
She rose to command the deadliest pirate fleet in history.
And she would let no man stand in her way.

In the chaos of 19th-century China, a courtesan named Shi Yang defies fate. After being taken aboard a pirate ship as a concubine, she conspires against her husband-fearsome Pirate King Zheng Yi-and takes command of his vast armada.She was the girl from the sea, A Tanka Girl, who rose beyond storms and sorrow, until the oceans themselves carried the vengeance of the pirate queen in her name.

"She was not born as the daughter of a pirate king, nor counted among the pirate girls of legend - yet with the Red Flag Fleet she carved her destiny, ruling with an iron hand and forging the Republic of Pirates, a nation of her own upon the seas."

But power has a price. Amid betrayal, love reborn, and storms both political and natural, Ching Shih must decide what she values most: revenge, freedom... or legacy.

"The Lotus and the Blade" is a sweeping tale of love, blood, rebellion, and the woman who rose from silk sheets to storm-wracked decks - and carved her name into legend.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FH44BNRV
• ISBN13: 9798291318232
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"