Series
Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao · 2 novels · 2021–2024
Xiran Jay Zhao's Iron Widow reimagines the rise of Chinese Empress Wu Zetian as a mecha-piloting heroine in Huaxia, a futuristic reinvention of Medieval China. Heavenly Tyrant continues the story as the second book in this young-adult science-fantasy duology.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Map
Iron Widow at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2020s2
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
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this series · the catalog · one dot = one book2 of 2 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Heavenly Tyrantdarkest · calmest
- Iron Widowbrightest · most intense