Growing up with a moderately traditional Chinese father meant our home was decorated with large decorative fans, wall hangings with Chinese characters, strange statues of supposedly heroic figures in Chinese history, and beautiful pillowcases embroidered with scenes featuring mountains, countless stairs, delicate pagodas, scraggly trees, and wisps of fog. Not everyone is happy about it, though, and will do everything in their power to bring down the Empire. Lin, the Emperor’s daughter, is determined to be named heir, doing everything in her power to learn how to code the constructs. At the age of eight, every child goes through the Tithing Festival and has a chip of bone taken from their skull to be stored in the palace until it’s needed to power a construct. Summary: In a world comprised of islands ruled by a reclusive Emperor with a daughter no one has seen since she was young, where the Emperor’s constructs run everything on each island, there are those who are restless, who would bring change to the Empire.
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