The Terracotta Bride
In the tenth court of hell, spirits wealthy enough to bribe the bureaucrats of the underworld can avoid both the torments of hell and the irreversible change of reincarnation. It's a comfortable undeath … even for Siew Tsin. She didn't choose to be married to the richest man in hell, but she's...
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In the tenth court of hell, spirits wealthy enough to bribe the bureaucrats of the underworld can avoid both the torments of hell and the irreversible change of reincarnation.
It's a comfortable undeath … even for Siew Tsin. She didn't choose to be married to the richest man in hell, but she's reconciled. Until her husband brings home a new bride.
Yonghua is an artificial woman crafted from terracotta -- but that's not all she is. What she is may change hell for good. Who she is will transform Siew Tsin. And as they grow closer, the mystery of Yonghua's creation will draw Siew Tsin into a conspiracy where the stakes are eternal life – or a very final death.
THE TERRACOTTA BRIDE is an 11,000-word standalone fantasy novelette.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781310580116
Publish date: 2016-03-10
Publisher: Smashwords Edition
Pages no: 44
Edition language: English
The Terracotta Bride is a short fantasy novellette that follows a girl who died very young, Siew Tsin, and who was married off to a rich man by a dead great uncle when she arrived in Chinese Hell where spirits of the dead stay until they are ready to move on and be reincarnated. Wealthier spirits br...
This is a delightful little book. I had read the description before buying it but then got a few library books and put this one on the back burner. I'm actually trying to catch up on the books I've actually bought because this happens a lot. Anyway, I had forgotten by the time I picked it up to r...
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