Kirjahaku

Sohmeng Par is sick of being treated like a child. Ever since a tragic accident brought her mountain community's coming-of-age ritual to a halt, she's caused nothing but trouble in her impatience to become an adult. But when she finally has the chance to prove herself, she's thrown from her life in the mountains and into the terror of the jungle below.Cornered by a colony of reptilian predators known as the s oni, Sohmeng is rescued by Hei, an eccentric exile with no shortage of secrets. As likely to bite Sohmeng as they are to cook her breakfast, this stranger and their family of lizards are like nothing she's ever seen before. If she wants to survive, she must find a way to adapt to the vibrant, deadly world of the rainforest and the creatures that inhabit it--including Hei themself. But Sohmeng has secrets of her own, and sharing them could mean losing everything a second time.

Sohmeng Minhal is going to fix the world.With her home still in jeopardy, she doesn't have much choice. What she does have is Ahnschen, an endearing prince of the dangerous empire that is disrupting the s oni migration route. If she can convince Hei to trust him long enough to safely return him to his people, Sohmeng might just have a chance of restoring balance to Eiji. That is, until an unexpected piece of her past emerges from the jungle and challenges everything she is trying to achieve.Now, the future of Eiji rests in Ahn's hands-but does he have the courage to face the harm inflicted by his people? Determined to do right by the beloved friend who died on his sword, it will take a lot of unlearning to prove to Eiji-and to Hei-that he can, in fact, be good.In the second chapter of the S oni Cycle, Sohmeng, Hei, and Ahn must reconcile their places in the human and natural worlds, all while navigating their complicated feelings about one another.

"Wait-rewind. I was still a girl back then, before the universes converged."Guided by premonitions and a fateful car ride, a burned-out retail worker stumbles into the grand exit from womanhood. Meanwhile, in a galaxy not so far away, an alien prince goes rogue with his sentient spaceship, seeking purpose in the great glimmering void. As the two of them come together in a fusion of body and mind, they must reckon with their assigned identities. Tender, witty, and daring, Pluralities is a slipstreammeets-space-adventure story honoring the long and turbulent journey into gender euphoria.

Sohmeng Parminhal is ready to face the unknown. The mountain community of Ateng is safe at last, but Sohmeng and her partners have a new challenge ahead: defending G epongwei from the invading Qiao Sidhur Empire. While Soh is convinced that open conversation can turn her adversaries into allies, Prince Ahnschen isn't so sure. His older sister, the charming and ruthless General lawen, has never been one to concede defeat. With the future of the rainforest at stake, the hmun are uniting for the first time in living memory-and the animal kingdom has its part to play. But as self-appointed guardian of Eiji, Hei questions if the relationship between humans and s oni is indeed symbiotic as they walk the line between skin and scales. The dark of Minhal is coming. Inside that darkness, infinite possibility. In the final heartfelt chapter of the S oni Cycle, Hei, Ahn, and Sohmeng must decide their place in the perfect system, and become who the world needs each of them to be.