I’ll let you interpret that however you wish ) And for readers who came after the conclusion of Our Violent Ends… yes while Foul Lady Fortune is book 1 of its own duology, it’s also book 3 to continue the world we already opened. That being said, if you do plan to go back to the original duology, Foul Lady Fortune will spoil its outcome, so it’s better to go chronologically if you don’t want to skip those two books. You can dive right into Foul Lady Fortune without reading the original duology, as all the events that have already happened in These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends are explained within the text and you won’t need any background knowledge! Foul Lady Fortune is a speculative historical thriller inspired by Shakespeare’s As You Like It, and if your first thought was “So how many genres is that?!” it might be easier to pitch this book as a Chinese period drama meets a Marvel movie. Since early copies of Foul Lady Fortune are making their way out, I wanted to write a little note to welcome the readers-both returning and new. As they both attempt to unravel the conspiracy, the two spies soon find that there are deeper and more horrifying layers to this mystery than they ever imagined. But Orion has an agenda of his own, and Rosalind has secrets that she wants to keep buried. To reduce suspicion, however, she must pose as the wife of another Nationalist spy, Orion Hong, and though Rosalind finds Orion’s cavalier attitude and playboy demeanor infuriating, she is willing to work with him for the greater good. Rosalind’s new orders are to infiltrate foreign society and identify the culprits behind the terror plot before more of her people are killed. A series of murders is causing unrest in Shanghai, and the Japanese are under suspicion. Now, desperate for redemption from her traitorous past, she uses her abilities as an assassin for her country.īut when the Japanese Imperial Army begins its invasion march, Rosalind’s mission pivots.

It’s 1931 in Shanghai, and the stage is set for a new decade of intrigue.įour years ago, Rosalind Lang was brought back from the brink of death, but the strange experiment that saved her also stopped her from sleeping and aging-and allows her to heal from any wound. The first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai.

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