Name: River of Stars
ISBN: 9780007521920

Guy Gavriel Kay

In his critically acclaimed novel Under Heaven, Guy Gavriel Kay told a vivid and powerful story inspired by China’s Tang Dynasty. Now, the international bestselling and multiple award-winning author revisits that invented setting four centuries later – a world inspired this time by the glittering, decadent Song Dynasty.

River of Stars

Four-hundred years after the events of Under Heaven, the region ruled by the Tang Dynasty in China is still populated with prideful emperors, soldiers, robbers and people fighting to find their place in the world. 40,000 first printing.

altlovesbooks

Good, but not as good as Under Heaven. I didn't feel as connected with the characters as I did with Under Heaven.

Les Reynolds

An enjoyable book, beautifully written. A bit of a dissatisfying ending.

In River of Stars, international bestselling author Guy Gavriel Kay weaves a dazzling tale of lives destined to intertwine amidst the turbulent backdrop of an empire in decline, inspired by China's Song Dynasty. Ren Daiyan was just a boy when he took the lives of seven men while guarding an imperial magistrate of Kitai--a moment that changed his life forever. Lin Shan is the daughter of a scholar, his beloved only child. Educated as if she'd been a son, she finds herself living a life suspended between two worlds. But when her father's life is endangered by the savage politics of the day, Shan must act in ways no woman ever has. With bitter court factions vying for control as dramatic events unfold on the northern steppe, the balance of power in the world shifts, leading both of them, and their world, towards a destiny no one could have foretold.