![]() ![]() This extraordinary gift threatens to engulf Shen Tai in the political and dynastic struggles that surround the throne of the Kitan Emperor, but also permits Shen Tai to form friendships and gain access to the most powerful figures in Kitai. Shen Tai, the second son of a renowned general of Kitai, is given a lavish gift of 250 prized Sardian horses from the Kitan Empress of the neighbouring Taguran Empire to honour his work burying the dead of both sides at a battleground in the far west of Kitai still haunted by the ghosts of the slain soldiers. In 2013 he published a second novel, River of Stars, set approximately 400 years later in the same world. Under Heaven takes place in a completely new world, as seen by it having only one moon as opposed to the two moons normally present in Guy Gavriel Kay's works. ![]() It recounts events based on the An Shi Rebellion. The swork, set in a secondary world based upon Tang China, is a departure for Kay in that takes place outside of a setting based on Europe the Mediterranean. Kay's eleventh novel, it was published in April 2010 by Viking Canada. ![]() ![]() Under Heaven is a historical fantasy novel by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. ![]()
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