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In a famine-stricken empire where poetry is magic and women are forbidden to read, Yin Wei, a peasant girl, becomes the concubine of the cruel Prince Guan Terren to save her family. Drawn into palace intrigue and rebellion, she learns that written words can corrupt as easily as they can redeem.
A standalone fantasy debut.
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