Of Jade and Dragons

by Amber Chen

Engineering, inheritance, and a dangerous guild

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Engineering, inheritance, and a dangerous guild

After her father’s murder, eighteen-year-old Aihui Ying follows clues from his engineering journal and a jade pendant to the capital’s Engineers Guild. Disguised as her brother, she enters its apprenticeship trial, where the pursuit of answers intersects with competition, concealed history, and the search for a killer. The guild’s male-only entry rule and Ying’s engineering ambitions place questions of access and legacy alongside the mystery surrounding her father. Aogiya Ye-yang, an eighth prince who helps her enter, adds a further complication as Ying tries to judge whom she can trust. The story brings together silkpunk fantasy, guild intrigue, and a young woman’s effort to uncover her father’s past.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

Teens and young adults interested in fantasy set in an Asian-inspired world.
Readers who enjoy stories involving engineering, guild trials, and a murder mystery.
Those interested in protagonists navigating barriers to entry and questions of trust.

Themes

Engineering and inventionFamily legacyGender barriersSecrecy and trustAmbition and justice

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Book overview

Mulan meets Iron Widow in this thrilling silkpunk fantasy perfect for fans of Elizabeth Lim and Judy I. Lin.

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--a place that harbors her father's hidden past--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--Aogiya Ye-yang, the taciturn eighth prince of the High Command. With her father's renown placing a target firmly on her back, Ying must stay one step ahead of her fellow competitors, the jealous guild masters, and the killer still hunting for her father's journal. Complicating everything is her increasingly tangled relationship with the prince, who may have mysterious plans of his own.

The secrets concealed within the guild can be as deadly as the weapons they build--and with her life and the future of her homeland at stake, Ying doesn't know who to trust. Can she avenge her father even if it means going against everything he stood for, or will she be next in the mastermind's line of fire?

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