An epic fantasy series inspired by the mythology and folklore of ancient China.

Lan once had another name. She now bears the name the colonizers gave her when they invaded her kingdom, murdered her mother, and outlawed magic. She spends her nights singing in the city transformed by the conquistadores, and her days trying to understand the strange mark her mother burned into her arm just before she died. The mark is mysterious: a letter Hin impossible to translate; and no one except Lan can see her. Until the night a boy shows up in her tearoom and saves her life. Zen is a practitioner: one of the legendary wizards of the Last Kingdom. It is rumored that his magic has arisen from the demons with whom they communicate; magic that was thought to have long since disappeared. Now they must hide it from the Antians at all costs... Both Lan and Zen hide secrets they must hide from each other, and secrets they have yet to discover. Fate has connected them. Both have the power to free their people. And both have the power to destroy the world.