To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods

NATIONAL BESTSELLER ΓÇó In this magical epic fantasy,the gripping first novel of the Gods Beyond the Skies seriesa young woman gifted with the power of Death must decide if saving her family is worth betraying her country. The gorgeous first edition hardcover of To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods features a postercolor endpapersa custom-stamped caseand a foil jacket! ΓÇ£With hauntingly poetic proseMolly X. Chang spins a tale at the intersection of science fictionfantasyand the very real devastation that colonialism brings down on colonized peoples.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöXiran Jay Zhao#1 New York Times bestselling author of Iron Widow Heroes diecowards live. Daughter of a conquered worldRuying hates the invaders who descended from the heavens long before she was born and defeated the magic of her people with technologies unlike anything her world had ever seen. Blessed by Deathborn with the ability to pull the life right out of mortal bodiesRuying shouldnΓÇÖt have to fear these foreign invadersbut she does. Especially because she wants to keep herself and her family safe. When RuyingΓÇÖs Gift is discovered by an enemy princehe offers her an impossible deal: If she becomes his private assassin and eliminates his political rivalsΓÇöwhose deaths he swears would be for the good of both their worlds and would protect her people from further brutalizationΓÇöher family will never starve or suffer harm again. But to accept this bargainshe must use the powers she has always fearedpowers that will shave years off her own existence. Can Ruying trust this princewhose promises of a better world make her heart ache and whose smiles make her pulse beat faster? Are the evils of this agreement really in the service of a much greater good? Or will she betray her entire nation by protecting those she loves the most?