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Eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying dreams of becoming a world-class engineer like her father, but after his sudden murder, her life falls apart. Left with only a journal of her father’s engineering secrets and a jade pendant snatched from the assassin, a heartbroken Ying follows the trail to the capital and the prestigious Engineers Guild, determined to discover why anyone would threaten a man who ultimately chose a quiet life over fame and fortune. Disguised as her brother, Ying manages to infiltrate the guild’s male-only apprenticeship trial with the help of an unlikely ally.

Ein Silkpunk-Fantasy-Roman über ein Mädchen, das sich als Junge verkleiden und an den berühmten und gefährlichen Prüfungen der Ingenieursgilde teilnehmen muss, um den Mord an ihrem Vater aufzuklären: „Mulan“ trifft auf „Iron Widow – Rache im Herzen“. Die achtzehnjährige Aihui Ying träumt davon, genau wie ihr geliebter Vater eine brillante Ingenieurin zu werden – doch ihr Leben gerät aus den Fugen, als sie einen Moment zu spät kommt, um den Mord an ihrem Vater zu verhindern, und, was noch schlimmer ist, den Mörder entkommen lässt.

Two years after Ying leaves the Engineer’s Guild and the ghost of her father’s unjust death behind, life seems to regain a semblance of normalcy. But the winds of unrest continue to stir within the Nine Isles, and the aftermath of a horrific pirate attack by the mysterious Blood Phoenix fleet forces Ying back into the tense political world of the new High Commander, Ye-yang. And soon, Ying, Ye-yang and her former friends from the guild must work together to find a way to outsmart the cunning pirates who terrorise the straits—and the elusive mastermind who’s controlling them.