Tribute

<p>The first in a series set in the world of the <em>Phoenix Feather</em> quartet <em>Tribute</em> is inspired by the great Chinese epics such as <em>Water Margin</em> and <em>Dream of Red Chamber</em> as well as wuxia and xuanhuan series such as <em>Nirvana in Fire</em> and <em>Joy of Life</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Bu is twelve and near-sighted an unwanted daughter sent to a music audition. If she fails she's on her own. Elderly Granny Zim who knows that soon she must retire as head of the music academy is fascinated by YinYin a student who might not be human. YinYin and Bu become friends.</p><p><br></p><p>Life is settling down when warships show up on the horizon. It's the imperials here to demand tribute. They take Bu YinYin and Granny Zim to a new uncertain life in the troubled empire where their only skill is their music.</p><p><br></p><p>But Granny Zim knows that music is a knife without a hilt. </p><p><br></p><p><em>Tribute</em> takes the reader on an adventure from the human world to the realm of the transcendent via friendship love and questions about power responsibility and what it means to be human.</p><p><br></p>