Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews

Now the choice is up to him: be submissive and accepting…or change the world. The more Nate discovers, the more he comes to realize that Queen Min’s story is still relevant today. Her choice leads her to forge a legend that will endure far beyond her lifetime. Highly intelligent but shy, Ja-young faces a choice: she can be a stone queen - silent and submissive - or she can be a dragon queen and oppose enemies and empires that try to rule Korea during the age of imperialism. But just when it seems her search is over, a stranger hands her a parcel containing an antique comb-and an address. The beautiful orphan Ja-young is chosen to be the child bride of Gojong, Korea’s boy king. When twenty-year-old Anna Carlson travels from America to a Korean orphanage to locate her birth mother, shes devastated to learn the woman is already dead. Beautiful and mysterious embassy aide Anna Carlson believes it’s time he learns, starting with the extraordinary story of Korea’s last queen. Though familiar with Korea’s language and culture, Nate knows little of its troubled history. He also needs to find out why someone sent the president an ancient, intricately carved comb with an ivory inlay of a two-headed dragon. Now the choice is up to him: be submissive and accepting.or change the world.From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordinary queens in history.Īs tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, US diplomat Nate Simon is sent to Seoul to gauge the political situation and advise the president. The more Nate discovers, the more he comes to realize that Queen Min's story is still relevant today.

Highly intelligent but shy, Ja-young faces a choice: she can be a stone queen-silent and submissive-or she can be a dragon queen and oppose enemies and empires that try to rule Korea during the age of imperialism. The beautiful orphan Ja-young is chosen to be the child bride of Gojong, Korea's boy king. Beautiful and mysterious embassy aide Anna Carlson believes it's time he learns, starting with the extraordinary story of Korea's last queen. Though familiar with Korea's language and culture, Nate knows little of its troubled history.

As tensions rise on the Korean peninsula, US diplomat Nate Simon is sent to Seoul to gauge the political situation and advise the president. From the bestselling author of Daughters of the Dragon comes the story of one of the most extraordinary queens in history.

Daughters of the Dragon by William Andrews