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Fonda Lee

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Fonda Lee is the World Fantasy Award-winning author of the epic Green Bone Saga, beginning with Jade City and continuing in Jade War and Jade Legacy. Her most recent work is the fantasy novella, Untethered Sky. She is also the author of the acclaimed science fiction novels Zeroboxer, Exo and Cross Fire.

Fonda is a winner of the Locus Award, a six-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada鈥檚 national science fiction and fantasy award), and a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. Her novels have garnered multiple starred reviews, been included on numerous state reading lists, named Junior Library Guild selections, and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Jade City was named among the ...more

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	Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 91,385 ratings — published 2017 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade War (The Green Bone Saga, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 46,255 ratings — published 2019 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade Legacy (The Green Bone Saga, #3) 4.63 avg rating — 36,796 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untethered Sky 3.88 avg rating — 10,585 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Jade Setter of Janloon (The Green Bone Saga, #0.5) 4.29 avg rating — 4,341 ratings — published 2022 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jade Shards (The Green Bone Saga, #0.75) 4.30 avg rating — 2,773 ratings — published 2023 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exo (Exo, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 2,456 ratings — published 2017 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zeroboxer 3.67 avg rating — 1,596 ratings — published 2015 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cross Fire (Exo, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 800 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Green Bone Saga 4.65 avg rating — 214 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Breath of the Dragon Hits the Bestseller Lists Upon Release

WOW. hit the New York Times, the USA Today, and the Indie bestseller lists upon release! Enormously thankful to my co-author Shannon Lee for trusting me with this story, our entire publishing team at Wednesday Books, and the booksellers, reviewers, and readers who鈥檝e supported the book!

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Exo (2 books)
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“Expectations are a funny thing,鈥� Wen said. 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e born with them, you resent them, fight against them. When you鈥檝e never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

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“The Horn placed his hands on her shoulders, and pulled her close, and laid his cheek against hers. "Heaven help me, Shae," he whispered into her ear. "I'm going to kill them all.”
― Fonda Lee, Jade City

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“Screw you, Hilo,鈥� she snapped. 鈥淚 can kill my ex-boyfriends myself.”
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Preliminary Poll for Series to Start January 1, 2022

Broken Earth (3 books) by N.K. Jemisin, starting with The Fifth Season

16 votes, 28.1%

Green Bone (3 books) by Fonda Lee, starting with Jade City

14 votes, 24.6%

Riddle-Master (3 books) by Patricia A. McKillip, starting with The Riddle-Master of Hed

9 votes, 15.8%

Howl鈥檚 Moving Castle (3 books) by Diana Wynne Jones, starting with Howl鈥檚 Moving Castle

6 votes, 10.5%

(First) Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever (3 books) by Stephen R. Donaldson, starting with Lord Foul's Bane

5 votes, 8.8%

Lighthouse Duet (2 books) by Carol Berg, starting with Flesh and Spirit

4 votes, 7.0%

Winter of the World (3 books) by Michael Scott Rohan, starting with The Anvil of Ice

3 votes, 5.3%

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