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Summary: Romance, politics and power meld in this pulse-pounding, electric enemies-to-lovers epic fantasy romance sequel to the #1 New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling Immortal Longings, inspired by Antony and Cleopatra. ** Endpapers available for a limited time only, pre-order to guarantee your copy now!**The games are over. Let chaos reign. Calla Tuoleimi has done the impossible. Against all odds, she won San-Er's bloody games and eliminated King Kasa, her tyrant uncle and the former ruler of Talin. She now serves as royal advisor to August Shenzhi, who has risen to the throne. Only Calla knows it isn't really August. Anton Makusa is still furious about Calla's betrayal in the final round of the games. In an impossible feat, he took over August's body to survive, and has no intention of giving up this newfound power. But when his first love awakens from a years-long coma and reveals a secret that threatens the monarchy, chaos erupts. As tensions come to a boiling point, Calla and Anton will have to journey to the kingdom's furthest reaches to prevent anarchy - before their real identities are exposed . . . Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling series: this is the epic and romantic to Chloe Gong's first adult fantasy Immortal Longings, which was a New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestseller.NEW YORK TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR: Originally from New Zealand, Chloe Gong now lives in New York. Every book she has written has been a New York Times bestseller. She has over 100k followers on Instagram, 210k followers on Tiktok and 41k followers on X. She has been profiled in Varsity, the New York Post, and the New York Times.Perfect for fans of morally complicated, epic adult fantasy: fans of Jade City and A Darker Shade of Magic will devour this re-imagining of Shakespeare's Anthony and Cleopatra by way of The Hunger Games for adults, set in a 90s Asian noir fantasy world.LIFETIME SALES: Chloe Gong's sales are worth over £1 million on the UK TCM, and in all formats she is worth over £1.9m to Hodder since she debuted in 2020.Quotes:PRAISE FOR CHLOE GONGSmart, imaginative, and brutal, Immortal Longings is a mind- and genre-bending epic that is as cutting and honest as it is unpredictable -Wesley Chu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The War Arts SagaImmortal Longings is a grab-you-and-won't-let-go sort of book, as brutal and merciless as its characters -Andrea Stewart, author of The Drowning Empire trilogyGripping, bewildering, irresistible, Chloe Gong's Immortal Longings is a tour de force of Asian Futurism -Ryka Aoki, author of Light From Uncommon StarsAuthor Bio: Chloe Gong is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the critically acclaimed Secret Shanghai novels, as well as the Flesh and False Gods trilogy. Her books have been published in over twenty countries and have been featured in the New York Times, PEOPLE, Cosmopolitan, and more. She was named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 for 2024.
