The Lotus and The Blade: A Pirate Queen's Forbidden Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798291318232)

She was sold to a floating brothel.
She rose to command the deadliest pirate fleet in history.
And she would let no man stand in her way.

In the chaos of 19th-century China, a courtesan named Shi Yang defies fate. After being taken aboard a pirate ship as a concubine, she conspires against her husband-fearsome Pirate King Zheng Yi-and takes command of his vast armada.She was the girl from the sea, A Tanka Girl, who rose beyond storms and sorrow, until the oceans themselves carried the vengeance of the pirate queen in her name.

But power has a price. Amid betrayal, love reborn, and storms both political and natural, Ching Shih must decide what she values most: revenge, freedom... or legacy.

"The Lotus and the Blade" is a sweeping tale of love, blood, rebellion, and the woman who rose from silk sheets to storm-wracked decks - and carved her name into legend.