Dragon Pearl, Yoon Ha Lee
Dragon Pearl, Yoon Ha Lee
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Dragon Pearl

Author: Yoon Ha Lee

Narrator: Kim Mai Guest

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/15/2019


Synopsis

Rick Riordan Presents Yoon Ha Lee's space opera about thirteen-year-old Min, who comes from a long line of fox spirits. But you'd never know it by looking at her.

To keep the family safe, Min's mother insists that none of them use any fox-magic, such as Charm or shape-shifting. They must appear human at all times.

Min feels hemmed in by the household rules and resents the endless chores, the cousins who crowd her, and the aunties who judge her. She would like nothing more than to escape Jinju, her neglected, dust-ridden, and impoverished planet. She's counting the days until she can follow her older brother, Jun, into the Space Forces and see more of the Thousand Worlds.

When word arrives that Jun is suspected of leaving his post to go in search of the Dragon Pearl, Min knows that something is wrong. Jun would never desert his battle cruiser, even for a mystical object rumored to have tremendous power. She decides to run away to find him and clear his name.

Min's quest will have her meeting gamblers, pirates, and vengeful ghosts. It will involve deception, lies, and sabotage. She will be forced to use more fox-magic than ever before, and to rely on all of her cleverness and bravery. The outcome may not be what she had hoped, but it has the potential to exceed her wildest dreams.

This sci-fi adventure with the underpinnings of Korean mythology will transport you to a world far beyond your imagination.

About Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee is the author of several critically acclaimed short stories and Locus Award–winning novels of the Machineries of Empire trilogy. He draws inspiration from a variety of sources, e.g. Korean history and mythology, fairy tales, higher mathematics, classic moral dilemmas, and genre fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rick

A Thousand Dangerous Worlds Min is just your regular teenaged fox spirit, living with her family on the dusty backwater world of Jinju. Oh, sure, like all fox spirits, she can change shape into whatever she wants: human, fox, even a dining table. And, yes, she has the power to Charm -- to manipulate......more

Goodreads review by Regan

3.75......more

Goodreads review by Melanie

I really enjoyed this one. RTC! <3 Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Tumblr | Youtube | Twitch This was the May pick for the Dragons and Tea Book Club! 🐉☕......more