Part One of Deborah Cannon's epic adventure THE PIRATE EMPRESS Lotus Lily lives in the Imperial palace as a concubine-in-training, unknown to her emperor father who had ordered her death for being a girl. Set against the backdrop of war on the Dragon Wall and the pirate tyranny on the south coast, a prophecy states that her future son will be the next Son of Heaven. She is wanted by the emperor's armies, desert warlords, and the Fox Faerie, and now masquerading as the boy Li, must run for her life. "A Sweeping Odyssey, captivating from cover to cover." - Midwest Book Review (MBR Bookwatch USA)