Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig

And in Shek Yeung, Chang-Eppig has given us a heroine for the ages. DEEP AS THE SKY, RED AS THE SEA sets a whole new bar for words like swashbuckling and adventure, recasting their assumptions while giving us all the big moments: Seafaring battles, swords and family intrigue, tales of love and revenge. Kwon, Electric Literature's 62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2023 'Rita Chang Eppig is such a daring, thrilling writer. Y'all had me at the words 'pirate queen.'' - R.O. the fiery, magnetic Shek Yeung.' - Kirstin Chen, New York Times bestselling author of COUNTERFEIT 'Suspenseful. A gorgeous vivid adventure.' - Erika Swyler, bestselling author of THE BOOK OF SPECULATION and LIGHT FROM OTHER STARS 'A riveting, heart-pounding exploration of ambition, grit, and. Shek Yeung - a pirate queen, a mother, a ruthless killer and a loyal friend - is an unforgettable heroine whose journey will keep readers hooked from beginning to end.' - Anna North, New York Times bestselling author of OUTLAWED 'With prose as rich and elegant as it is fierce, Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea, paints a complex portrait of one of history's most powerful women. Here are the most exciting science fiction, fantasy, and horror books coming your way during the first half of 2023.'This heart-pounding high-seas adventure is also the moving story of a girl with no options who finds a way to survive, and the costs and consequences of that survival. In fact, there are so many great books on deck for 2023 that I limited this preview to just January through June to keep it manageable (and since the back half of the year is still in flux at this point). We’re getting new books from legends like Fonda Lee, Kelly Link, Annalee Newitz, Malka Older, Shannon Chakraborty, and Leigh Bardugo, new translations of Mariana Enriquez and Yuri Herrera, and debuts from exciting new voices like Moses Ose Utomi, Jinwoo Chong, and Jade Song. Valente’s Radiance, Seth Dickinson’s The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Nnedi Okorafor’s Binti, Scott Hawkins’ The Library at Mount Char, and Naomi Novik’s Uprooted, among many others.Ĭall me optimistic, but 2023 is shaping up to give 2015 a run for its money. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, Ken Liu’s The Grace of Kings, Kim Stanley Robinson’s Aurora, Kai Ashante Wilson’s The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, Ann Leckie’s Ancillary Mercy, Catherynne M. The last genuine blockbuster year was probably 2015, which gave us N.K. Some years are better than others for readers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig