The Poet Empress by Shen Tao Candles The book opens by explaining

The book opens by explaining how different types of animals are able to breathe and survive underwater

She’ll join the Royal Artifactual Guild and the adventurers who explore ancient underground ruins to retrieve the coveted arcane items

These Slumberers have been human for so long they have forgotten their true selves—until something awakens the dragon within

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But what should have been a relaxing break takes a darker turn

The Poet Empress by Shen Tao Candles The book opens by explainingIn the waning years of the Azalea Dynasty, the emperor is dying, the land consumed by famine, and poetry magic lost to all except the powerful. Wei Yin is desperate. After the fifth death of a sibling, with her family and village on the brink of starvation, she will do anything to save those she loves. Even offer herself as concubine to the cruel heir of the beautiful and brutal Azalea House. But in a twist of fate, the palace stands on the knife edge