Foul Lady Fortune
In 1931 Shanghai, under the shadow of looming war, Rosalind Lang was once dragged back from the brink of death by an experiment that left her unable to sleep, age, or die—she heals from any wound. Now a covert assassin for the Nationalists, code-named Fortune, she is assigned to hunt a string of killings tied to the encroaching Japanese threat, working undercover as the wife of fellow agent Orion Hong. As the two play newlyweds and close in on the killer, buried secrets—about the murders, about Orion, about Rosalind herself—threaten everything. A historical spy thriller set in the world of These Violent Delights.
Foul Lady Fortune is the first book in a duology, and it sets up a larger narrative arc that continues in the second book. While it offers a complete story within itself, some plot threads and character developments are designed to be resolved in the sequel.
Foul Lady Fortune is set in the same universe as Chloe Gong's "These Violent Delights" duology, taking place several years after the events of those books. It features some returning characters and explores the political landscape of 1930s Shanghai from a different perspective.