Shan Sa Books

Khian 'Khi' Prince carries the heavy burden of maintaining his family's street status while caring for his two baby mamas and their children. After two failed relationships, Khi believes he has finally found his queen in Cuba Lance, but when she breaks his heart, he must decide whether to fight for love or give up entirely. Meanwhile, Daelan 'Dae' Prince, the quintessential bad boy, struggles to balance his life with Amber and their son. Despite having the potential for a happy ending, his reckless decisions threaten the safety of those he loves. Lastly, Kaedee Prince, respected in both the streets and the courtroom, runs a successful law firm with his wife, Deonna. However, when Deonna faces money laundering charges and her ex reappears, she finds herself torn between two men. This complicated love triangle forces her to make a life-altering choice, leading to deadly consequences. As the Prince brothers navigate love, loyalty, and danger, they must confront the realities of their pasts and the potential for war that looms over them.

Such is the voice of Shan Sa's unforgettable heroine in her latest literary masterpiece, Empress . Empress Wu, one of China's most controversial figures, was its first and only female emperor, who emerged in the seventh century during the great Tang Dynasty and ushered in a golden age. Throughout history, her name has been defamed and her story distorted by those taking vengeance on a woman who dared to become emperor. But now, for the first time in thirteen centuries, Empress Wu (or Heavenlight, as we come to know her) flings open the gates of the Forbidden City and tells her own astonishing tale—revealing a fascinating, complex figure who in many ways remains modern to this day. Writing with epic assurance, poetry, and vivid historic detail, Shan Sa plumbs the psychological and philosophical depths of what it means to be a striving mortal in a tumultuous, power-hungry world. Empress is a great literary feat and a revelation for the ages.

Set in Japanese-occupied Manchuria in the 1930s, The Girl who Played Go is a haunting tragedy, a shocking tale of love and war reflected in the age-old game of go. In the Square of a Thousand Winds, snow falls as a sixteen-year-old Chinese girl beats all-comers at the game of go. One of her opponents is, unknown to her, a young Japanese officer of the occupying power, rigidly militaristic, imbued with the imperial ethic, but far from home and intrigued by this young opponent. Their encounters are like the game itself, restrained, subtle and surprisingly fierce. But as their two stories unfold the Japanese army moves inexorably through their huge land, in the vanguard of a greater war, leaving blood and destruction in its wake.

Zhao le soldat et Ayamei la révoltée courent dans les rues sombres de Pékin. La Place de la Paix céleste - Tian an men - est couverte du sang des étudiants. Du sang des enfants de la Chine moderne, élevés dans l'idéologie étouffante du régime maoïste.Ayamei se cache, quitte Pékin, parcourt des milliers de kilomètres, fuit vers la montagne. Inlassablement Zhao suit sa piste. Son acharnement est à la mesure de sa foi dans le régime : aveugle et sans limites.Au terme de cette longue traque, Zhao, l'autodidacte inflexible, se laissera-t-il contaminer par la beauté et la poésie ou choisira-t-il d'ignorer la voie qu'Ayamei est en train de découvrir ?Il deviendra, malgré lui, le héros d'un roman d'amour sobre, pudique et troublant.

En Chine, le saule pleureur symbolise la mort et la renaissance. Faut-il croire qu'une branche de saule puisse devenir une femme condamnée à poursuivre l'amour de siècle en siècle ?D'un Pékin bruissant dans les songes et la poussière au silence de la Cité interdite, de l'ère des courtisanes vêtues de soie à la Révolution culturelle, des steppes où galopent les Tartares aux rizières qu'arrose le sang des gardes rouges, deux êtres se cherchent et se perdent. Tout les sépare. Toutes les tragédies d'un peuple ancien. Dans ce tumulte, il faudrait un miracle pour les réunir...Roman d'amour ? Oui. Mais ce roman lyrique est aussi une traversée de la Chine éternelle. C'est une fable qui a parfois le goût du thé amer.