To Embers We Return
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'How I fixed my wife: I opened her up and put my heart into her body.'It's the Tang Dynasty, but not as you know it. Hovercars criss-cross the sky; drones whisk back and forth; and the commander of the city guard's favoured weapon is a Gatling gun. The rich augment themselves with a wide array of cybernetic implants, while the poor have to scrimp and save for even the most basic prosthetics. The empire's machinists make a lucrative living crafting, installing and maintaining implants and neural modules.When Shen Ni, the empire’s foremost machinist, returns home victorious from battle against their long-standing foe, the emperor showers her with rewards, including the hand in marriage of the woman she had loved in her youth — Bian Jin.Bian Jin had once been the empire’s sharpest blade: a weapon in human form whose very name made their enemies cower. After a string of near-fatal battlefield injuries, however, she’s battered, broken, and stands accused of high treason, though she claims to have no memory of what transpired. Shen Ni takes on the onerous task of retrieving Bian Jin's lost memories and repairing her much-battered cybernetic spine and neural core, but Bian Jin seems to be keeping something back. Can they trust each other? And can they trust the empire?Veteran baihe author Ning Yuan’s most ambitious work yet, this historical cyberpunk novel tells the story of a group of determined women whose lives become ever more intertwined as they seek to uncover secrets both past and future, and make a place for themselves in a turbulent world.
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About the Author
Ning Yuan has been writing baihe since at least 2008. Her extensive body of work spans a wide range of different subgenres. Notable titles include the historical court intrigue epic At Her Mercy/At the World's Mercy, the sci-fi thriller The Creator's Grace, the futuristic VR-themed Middle-Aged Love Patch, the showbiz romance The Show Must Go On, and most recently the historical cyberpunk novel To Embers We Return. Learn more about Ning Yuan and her work here.
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