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Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang Eppig: A Book Review

Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea Author: Rita Chang-Eppig Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing  Publishing Date: 2023 Pages: 287 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: The dazzling historical novel about a legendary Chinese pirate queen, her fight to save her fleet from the forces allied against them, and the dangerous price of power.      When Shek Yeung sees a Portuguese sailor slay her husband, a feared pirate, she knows she must act swiftly or die. Instead of mourning, Shek Yeung launches a new plan: immediately marrying her husband's second-in-command, and agreeing to bear him a son and heir, in order to retain power over her half of the fleet.      But as Shek Yeung vies for control over the army she knows she was born to lead, larger threats loom. The Chinese Emperor has charged a brutal, crafty nobleman with ridding the South China Seas of pirates, and the Europeans-tired...