{"product_id":"vampires-of-shanghai-katherine-mercer-9798994064610","title":"Vampires of Shanghai","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dark, gothic fantasy of obsession, survival, and the dangerous duality of love-perfect for fans of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e A Dowry of Blood \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Certain Dark Things.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLian Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e has ruled Shanghai for decades, weaving power from charisma, cutthroat pragmatism, and an empire built on human blood. To be chosen by her is both privilege and prison, her affection as addictive as it is suffocating.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMina Park\u003c\/b\u003e knows this better than anyone. Once Lian's favored fledgling, now her reluctant captive, Mina dreams of freedom in a city where blood is currency and loyalties are lethal. But resisting Lian means more than defiance-it means rejecting the allure of the only person who has ever truly seen her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, \u003cb\u003eJavier Robles\u003c\/b\u003e, a human donor searching for his sister, arrives in Shanghai armed with certainty-about right and wrong, about monsters and victims, about the kind of man he believes himself to be. Helping Mina and surviving a city designed to devour will strip those beliefs away one by one, forcing him to confront destabilizing truths about his own past, along with a legacy he never meant to inherit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePower. Devotion. Ruin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eVampires of Shanghai is a dark fantasy novel exploring obsession, abuse, and autonomy within relationships defined by extreme power imbalance. Content warnings are provided at the beginning of the book.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798994064610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercerized Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/16\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.13d","brand":"Katherine Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48176069673215,"sku":"9798994064610","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d6c4fc6-3f30-4a01-a861-663352d2411c.jpg?v=1771336490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vampires-of-shanghai-katherine-mercer-9798994064610","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}