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![]() ![]() Zhao also commented that they put the lead character Zachary through similar microaggressions and racism that they had experienced at the age of twelve when they were the only Asian student in their school. So then I basically wrote a book based on that. The First Emperor possesses this kid's AR gaming headset. What if he possessed a little kid and then sent him to China on an adventure? Yu-Gi-Oh does a lot of crossover between technology and magic, so that's what I did in Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor. I got the idea of the First Emperor of China, which I was really obsessed with because his story is so fascinating. I had the idea to riff off of Yu-Gi-Oh, which was a really formative media franchise when I was growing up. In an interview with CBC, Zhao highlighted their fascination with "genre crossovers". ![]() Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor, Xiran Jay Zhao's second novel, was released on. The book follows Zachary Ying, a Chinese American and Hui Muslim boy on his journey to save China from a horde of ancient spirits while being guided by the spirit of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor is a 2022 Canadian middle grade contemporary fantasy novel by Xiran Jay Zhao. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It is a fast-paced, darkly humorous, haunting world that will take root in the shadows of your mind and live there forever. Replete with the thrilling action and intricate plotting of the first tale, Day Watch is fuelled by cunning, cruelty, violence, and magic. When she falls in love with a handsome young Light One, the balance is threatened and a death must be avenged. For a thousand years a treaty between the two sides has maintained an uneasy balance, but when a very potent artifact is stolen from the inquisition - an impartial group of Others who keep watch over all - the consequences are dire for both sides.ĭay Watch introduces the perspective of the Dark Ones, as it is told in part by a beautiful but troubled young witch. ![]() The agents of Dark - The Day Watch - keep an eye during the day, while the agents of Light keep watch over the night. Set in a modern-day Moscow, the epic saga chronicles the eternal war of the "Others," an ancient race of humans with supernatural powers who must swear allegiance to either the Dark or the Light. The second in a blockbuster series of novels from Russia's most popular science fiction author, Day Watch brings us back into the hyperimaginative world of Sergei Lukyanenko and continues the dramatic battle between good and evil, light and dark, day and night. ![]() |