A Song to Drown Rivers

✍ Scribed by Ann Liang

• Book ID: 115336268
• Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 640 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781250289476

✦ Synopsis

**A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

• ** **An October 2024 Indie Next Pick
• An October 2024 LibraryReads Pick****
  "Exquisite and devastating. It won't fail to move you." --Shelley Parker-Chan, #1 bestselling author of She Who Became the Sun**
  **Inspired by the legend of Xishi, one of the famous Four Beauties of Ancient China,A Song to Drown Rivers is an epic novel steeped in myth about womanhood, war, sacrifice, and love against all odds as the fate of two kingdoms hangs in a delicate balance. **
  Her beauty hides a deadly purpose.
  Xishi's beauty is seen as a blessing to the villagers of Yue--convinced that the best fate for a girl is to marry well and support her family. When Xishi draws the attention of the famous young military advisor, Fanli, he presents her with a rare opportunity: to use her beauty as a weapon. One that could topple the rival neighboring kingdom of Wu, improve the lives...