Everything Under the Heavens

In fourteenth-century China, Wu Johanna grows up in a wealthy merchant household and has travelled widely since childhood, moving through crowded markets and the shaded inns along the Silk Road. Her world is one of traders, divers, performers and rulers, where a good name can open doors across much of Asia and into North Africa. She carries the name of a famous traveller in her family, but that counts for little when her father dies and the Khan's court begins to fall apart. Old alliances break, rivals turn on one another, and deadly plots spread through the palace. To survive, Johanna must rely on her own judgment, on luck, and on a loyal circle of companions, and any future she has lies far beyond the familiar map.