About this Event
Join Us for the An Empire in the Clouds Book Launch!
Get ready to dive into an unforgettable story at our in-person event celebrating the release of An Empire in the Clouds, and be among the first to snag a signed copy! It's gonna be a great time filled with good vibes!
Doors open at 4:00PM
Event starts at 4:30PM
There will be a special performance by Chinatown Community Lion Dance!
*Refreshments will be provided (tea, coffee, cookies)—other drink options can be purchased separately at the bar on site.
*Bakka Phoenix Books will have copies of the book for purpose on site.
*You can also pre-order the book from Bakka Phoenix prior to the event if you aren't able to make it to the launch in-person (https://www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com/item/7gkUDaU43PgUMFd9dLNLeA)
ABOUTE AN EMPIRE IN THE CLOUDS
Riveting and highly inventive Chinese-inspired science-fantasy of a royal family torn apart, painful betrayal and deadly secrets. Set on a drowning continent full of corruption and deception and strange technology this is a richly envisioned and powerful debut novel from the winner of the Bram Stoker® and Nebula Awards.
On Piāo, the floating empire of lotuses, Xīlián discovers the royal advisors’ ploy to overthrow her brother, Yún, the emperor, in the same way they had murdered their parents, by creating a deadly flood that will make Yún’s death seem as though an accident. She flees to the drowning continent of Opera, a place of high tech and near environmental collapse where companies vie to sell a chance at immortality. There Xīlián seeks out her exiled brother Làng to help in her efforts to disrupt the advisors’ plans and remove them from court.
Also residing on Opera is the outcast, No Face. Abandoned by the empire of Piāo, they plot to destroy those who tore their family apart. When Xīlián is caught and imprisoned and No Face discovers the shocking truth about their past, the two must work together to stop the advisors and unify their two lands or lose everyone they love to flood and revolution.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist born in Changle, Fujian, currently residing in Markham, Ontario. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, Clarkesworld, The Masters Review, among others. She is the author of An Empire in the Clouds, the Natural Engines duology, Linghun and I AM AI. Find her at www.aijiang.ca
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Society Clubhouse, 967 College Street, Toronto, Canada
CAD 6.66
