One of my favourite things about A Clash of Steel is the story’s transportive storytelling. Desperate to prove herself to her strict mother, Xiang follows Anh and her motley crew on an adventure in pursuit of the treasure – and may discover something more: a family, love, and herself.
When a mysterious girl named Anh steals Xiang’s pendant, the only remnant of her dead father, the two girls discover that the pendant may lead to treasure belonging to the Head of the Dragon fleet. Lee has ever written – I was blown away by A Clash of Steel, its spirit, and its delightful sense of adventure.Ī retelling of Treasure Island, A Clash of Steel follows Xiang, a sheltered teen living in a no-where village. Though loving A Clash of Steel should have come as no surprise – I have, after all, read and loved every single book that C.B. One of the best feelings in the world is reading a book that you were excited for, a book that you were anxiously anticipating, and then to discover that it was better than you could have ever imagined. This does not influence my opinion in any way. I was provided an eARC of this book from the author. But the girls soon find that the sea-and especially those who sail it-are far more dangerous than the legends led them to believe. Captivated with the thrill of adventure, she joins Anh and her motley crew off in pursuit of the island. Xiang is convinced this map could lead to the fabled treasure. Rumor has it that the legendary Head of the Dragon had one last treasure-the plunder of a thousand ports - that for decades has only been a myth, a fool’s journey. The revelation that Xiang’s father sailed with the Dragon Fleet and tucked away this secret changes everything. Her only memento of him is a pendant she always wears, a simple but plain piece of gold jewelry.īut the pendant’s true nature is revealed when a mysterious girl named Anh steals it, only to return it to Xiang in exchange for her help in decoding the tiny map scroll hidden inside. Her father is also only a story, dead at sea before Xiang was born.
She desperately wants to prove her worth, especially to her mother, a shrewd business woman who never seems to have enough time for Xiang. Its ruthless leader, a woman known only as the Head of the Dragon, is now only a story, like the ones Xiang has grown up with all her life. The sun is setting on the golden age of piracy, and the legendary Dragon Fleet, the scourge of the South China Sea, is no more. Two intrepid girls hunt for a legendary treasure on the deadly high seas in this YA remix of the classic adventure novel Treasure Island.ġ826.
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