A sixteen-year-old girl in a remote Manchurian town is more concerned with the intimations of her own womanhood than the escalating hostilities between her countrymen and their Japanese occupiers.
A fictionalized tale of the life of Alexander the Great that focuses on his love affair with Alestria, who kidnaps Alexander and makes him her slave, leading to a battle of wills that is fueled by passion and arrogance and will influence the course of history.
In 1930s Manchuria, a young girl faces her sexual coming of age while Japanese military troops invade the region, forcing her into a love triangle with two boys that is complicated by the military occupation.
Chosen to become one of the emperor's royal concubines in China's Tang dynasty, a young girl known as Heavenlight is thrust into the exotic world of the Forbidden City, where she must learn to navigate politics, court intrigue, and petty jealousies.
