{"product_id":"where-rivers-made-the-gods-by-wen-yi-lee","title":"Where Rivers Made the Gods (Butterfly Duet, #2) by Wen-yi Lee","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease date: June 8th, 2027\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to a city of warring gangs, blazing fire, and fading gods in the sequel to Wen-yi Lee's acclaimed adult fantasy debut - a fierce historical fantasy that reads like Silvia Moreno-Garcia meets Fonda Lee, with the feverish intensity of R. F. Kuang's \u003cem\u003ePoppy War trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath cannot stop love - or change.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSingapore, 1975: A city in remaking. Rivers scourged. Cemeteries dug up. Islands moving between ships from a fallen Saigon. Nothing stops progress-except the vessel of a fire goddess, who wants to bring back the dead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIris Yen Wan, haunted and homeless, uses her ghosts to locate corpses for a gravedigger. Then she stumbles upon an apartment where a girl with butterfly tattoos has been preserved for two years. When Iris goes near, the corpse's eyes open. Now Adeline Siow, the madly grieving Madam Butterfly, is offering Iris a room, hoping that her murdered lover will wake again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut Iris's new home comes with strange and bloody strings. Shapeshifters and girls with fire follow Iris in the streets. A death god's resentful son visits every night. In the industrial heart of the city, a crucible burns where godless men kill to touch magic once more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd within the haunted apartment, a dangerous attraction stirs amidst the perpetually burning candles. With it grows the fear that Ang Tian might never truly come back.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOr worse, that she might - and bring something inhuman along with her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWen-yi Lee\u003c\/strong\u003e likes writing about girls with bite, feral nature, and ghosts. She is the author of YA horror \u003ci\u003eThe Dark We Know\u003c\/i\u003e and has published fiction and essays in venues like \u003ci\u003eLightspeed\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUncanny\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrange Horizons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eReactor\u003c\/i\u003e, and various anthologies. Her work has been supported by the National Centre of Writing in the UK and the National Arts Council of Singapore, where she is currently based. \u003ci\u003eWhen They Burned The Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e is her adult debut.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booktique","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67617439776828,"sku":null,"price":35.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/4879\/8012\/files\/9781250369420_cfl.jpg?v=1790980569","url":"https:\/\/www.booktique.ca\/products\/where-rivers-made-the-gods-by-wen-yi-lee","provider":"Booktique","version":"1.0","type":"link"}