Fireheart Tiger

Sent away to Ephteria as a child hostage, Thanh returns to her mother’s imperial court as a diplomat where she is reunited with her first love and has to make some dangerous decisions. Original.
Sent away to Ephteria as a child hostage, Thanh returns to her mother's imperial court as a diplomat where she is reunited with her first love and has to make some dangerous decisions.
Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with Fireheart Tiger, a powerful romantic fantasy that reads like The Goblin Emperor meets Howl's Moving Castle in a pre-colonial Vietnamese-esque world.A Most Anticipated Pick in 2021 for Buzzfeed | Mary Sue | Nerd Daily | FanFi AddictNamed Amazon Editor's Pick for Best SFF - February 2021Fire burns bright and has a long memory….Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of Ephteria as a child. Now she’s returned to her mother's imperial court, haunted not only by memories of her first romance, but by worrying magical echoes of a fire that devastated Ephteria’s royal palace.Thanh's new role as a diplomat places her once again in the path of her first love, the powerful and magnetic Eldris of Ephteria, who knows exactly what she wants: romance from Thanh and much more from Thanh’s home. Eldris won't take no for an answer, on either front. But the fire that burned down one palace is tempting Thanh with the possibility of making her own dangerous decisions.Can Thanh find the freedom to shape her country’s fate—and her own?