Description: After her father's murder, eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying travels to the capital, where she discusses herself as her brother and infiltrates the Engineers Guild as she tries to solve her father's murder with help from a prince with plans of his own.
Review Quotes: "A richly detailed and wildly imaginative book with some of the coolest retro-future tech envisioned on-page and an engineer heroine with the smarts to wield it! The steampunk C-drama of my dreams."--Xiran Jay Zhao, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow
"Drawing on inspiration from Qing dynasty China to craft complex worldbuilding, debut author Chen employs vivid and sensory language to cleverly set the stage for Ying's quest for answers--and revenge--in this gripping silkpunk fantasy that thrills from start to finish."--Publishers Weekly "[An] absorbing, deftly written story . . . A fascinating world with twists that will keep readers enthralled."--Kirkus Reviews "An excellent starting point for new YA readers."--Booklist "A twisting adventure filled with wild devices, rebellions against the natural order of things, and the battle between creation and destruction."--Chris Kluwe, Lightspeed Magazine