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you can take the girl out of the city, but you can’t take the city out of the girl.

welcome to a magical Hanoi. which of the Vương sisters will you pledge your allegiance to?

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy 
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA. coming soon with @harpervoyagerus

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i cannot wait to introduce vou to the Vương sisters and this ancient city full of magic and political intrigue.

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FAKE BLOOD, FAKE SWORDS, FAKE EVERYTHING 🚫

INTRODUCING RIVER RUNS RED based on the vibes it gives 🗡️

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy 
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA

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i cannot wait to introduce vou to the Vương sisters and this ancient city full of magic and political intrigue.

@harpervoyagerus @2027debuts

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cre:
- Lá Ngọc Cành Vàng // Kiều Anh
- Animal Farm // BIBI
- Chúng Ta Của Hiện Tại // Sơn Tùng M-TP

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4 months ago
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RIVER RUNS RED IS WITH @harpervoyagerus

RIVER is first and foremost, my love letter to Hanoi, to the ancient city that was the hinge between the old and the new, a pot of Chinese-influenced culture mixed with French aesthetics. the main characters of RIVER—the two sisters—were born to represent ambitious women who lived on this hinge, who went through historical time without knowing the rest of their lives had changed.

my motivation to write this book was because i beefed with my little sister almost every day growing up and yet if anything happens to her, i’m killing everyone in this room and then myself. but truly, i wanted to tell a story of the deep and complicated sibling relationships, where each person reflects the wider political landscape of Tonkin in the 1920s. i crafted every single character from the people i know and admire. i wanted to pull the strings that connect and build us all. i wanted to explore identities in the context of family, politics, love, and how we take a piece of everything to construct our own person.

i wrote RIVER drawn from an endless reservoir of courage that my grandfather and my ancestors had given me. it’s not a surprise that every character in this book is plagued with their own legacy. here’s mine. so thank you, thank you for the legacy.

thank you to @francescaa_394 @angelinearodriguez @wmebooks and @archmandrate for loving RIVER as much as i do, and to @ellezidong @yijun_owithadash @farahabuthaher for being with me since the very beginning.

lastly, thank you @nathcreare for all the incredible arts!

i cannot wait to welcome you to Hanoi. the river will run red tonight.

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6 months ago
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imagine coming to a boss fight and you hear this song.

introducing the second POV of RIVER RUNS RED, a martial arts historical fantasy with baddie that can hurt 😋 coming soon with Harper Voyager, with an exciting news on the way 👁️

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy 
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA

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i cannot wait to introduce vou to the Vương sisters and this ancient city full of magic and political intrigue.

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🏷️ #bookstagram #fantasybook announcement bookdeal writingjourney traditionalpublishing newbook bookcommunitv booksofinstaqram readersofinstagram writerlife #bookrecommendations #booksbooksbooks booklover writingcommunity fantasywriter author toberead authorlife authorcommunity authorsofinstagram sciencefictionwriter sciencefictionbook writingcommunity by @solrhoang
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how would the bard capture RIVER RUNS RED in six beats?

inspired by @say_shannon’s post, everyone go read THE BONE SEASON right now.

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy 
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA @harpervoyagerus

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2 months ago
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if you want to read an Asian historical fantasy with a baddie martial artist who runs a web of schemes and betrayal, you can! RIVER RUNS RED is coming soon with Harper Voyager US, with an exciting news on the way 👁️

official character introduction soon?

art by: @nikhael_fry9

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy 
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA

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i cannot wait to introduce vou to the Vương sisters and this ancient city full of magic and political intrigue.

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🏷️ #bookstagram #fantasybook announcement bookdeal writingjourney traditionalpublishing newbook bookcommunitv booksofinstaqram readersofinstagram writerlife #bookrecommendations #booksbooksbooks booklover writingcommunity fantasywriter author toberead authorlife authorcommunity authorsofinstagram sciencefictionwriter sciencefictionbook writingcommunity by @solrhoang
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a month ago
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incredibly excited to help reveal the Canadian cover of THE ARCANE ARCHIVES by @noreeswrites !! you know i love a good dark academia and this book has me in a chokehold!

🕰️🍂✨

THE ARCANE ARCHIVES is a dark academia fantasy perfect for fans of Ninth House and Supernatural:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐀𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚, 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫, 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤. 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬

For fans of:
📚 book based magic
🖤 chaotic found family
✨ yearning slowburn
🐈‍⬛ banshees and demon cats

Out March 2 2027

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#bookrecommendations #coverreveal⭐️ #fantasybook by @solrhoang
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02.09.2026

this time last year, i was in hanoi, washed in red flags and yellow stars. this year, i spent missing the heat, the sweat, the humidity. as i get older, i start to understand the concept of fearing changes. i fear that one day i go to vietnam and i wouldn’t recognize my streets anymore. last year, i stood with my mum in Tonkin Free School Square, listening to the sound of helicopters arriving to the Independence Day parade, feeling an overwhelming emotion of realizing she no longer feared that sound, and that i have never feared it. what different lives we have led, and i don’t know yet how much more different they would even be.

hanoian streets are changing, as they have been since my research for my book RIVER RUNS RED required me to dig up a map in 1925. as they will continue to be. i accepted it as a concept, but i also rejected when it happened to my city and my country. Vietnam forever encapsulates my childhood. every time i go back, i am transported in time. but my transportation is crooked and flawed, making me an overgrown child standing among the rubbles of places that no longer exist. i will welcome changes, i think, but not yet.

last year i have posted endless photos and videos of the parade. this year i will show you the Vietnam without a celebration, a casual Vietnam, as a reminder of how much we have changed since that day in 1945.

#vietnam #independenceday

men playing xiangqi on the sidewalk

lion dance for mid-autumn festival

names of the first-placed scholars during the imperial exams

men playing xiangqi in a park

me trying to get my cousin's dog to notice me

"outdoor oven" of a pottery village

Long Biên bridge

gate of the Thăng Long citadel, surrounded by fallen trees during Yagi storm

me and the monk statue on top of Núi Bà Đen

an ancient bronze drum

my sister wearing a vietnamese traditional cloak called Nhật Bình

me and my sister playing piano

rush hour

Phở for breakfast with dad

an alleyway

old photo of my grandpa and my mum

the Jacquard loom

a grandpa fixing the Jacquard loom

Canton Assembly Hall, used to be my kindergarten by @solrhoang
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2 months ago
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it’s been an exciting summer 🌞  i did a lot more than i expected, with multiple public appearances; cons and podcasts that i am still terrified to do but glad that i did them anyway. i am so happy that RIVER RUNS RED is finding its readers ♥️

in the last stretch of summer, i moved to a new apartment and sent off another exciting manuscript. now back to drafting my passion project (i said after i beat it up 2818983 times)

shout out to @julibeewrites for visiting me and taking this beautiful photo on her film camera.
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2 months ago
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you know i cannot skip this opportunity to introduce you to RIVER RUNS RED via many of its inspo.

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family.

× martial arts as magic
× political intrigue and messy
× sisterhood and intersectional feminism

JADE CITY x ATLA

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🏷️ #bookstagram #fantasybook fantasybookstagram writingjourney traditionalpublishing #newbook bookcommunity booksofinstagram readersofinstagram writerlife bookrecommendations booksbooksbooks booklover writingcommunity fantasywriter author #toberead authorlife authorcommunity #authorsofinstagram sciencefictionwriter sciencefictionbook writingcommunity by @solrhoang
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3 months ago
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“In all his training to be patriarch, he was taught how to say little but mean a lot. No one taught him how to soothe his wife.”

Unveiling new art by @nathcreare !! Please feast your eyes upon Giang/Na, the It couple of Hanoi 1925, in my #MartialArtsBook !

Nath’s style reminds me of old black and white photos, the ones you find tucked carefully in your family album with a delicate handwriting in the back, your family members immortalised in a picture frame 🩶

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a year ago
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beefing with my little sister so hard, we hold the entire city captive in our "sibling rivalry." 

just realised i've never shared the first art of #MartialArtsBook by the talented @.shizunpilled (twitter and bsky)! i love this art and the Vương sisters with all my heart. hope to talk about them a lot more soon!

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Sisterhood shatters when their father makes them fight for inheritance, two martial artists rip 1920s Hanoi in two. One manipulates for complete economic and political control. One joins the movement that threatens to dismantle her own family

⋆ martial arts as magic
⋆ JADE CITY’s atmosphere x ARCANE’s fractured sisterhood
⋆ mind game, betrayal, resistance, anti-imperial

🏷️ martial arts vovinam fantasy books authors writers wip sisterhood women in sff alternate history wuxia by @solrhoang
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a year ago
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