# Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2)

**Author:** Xiran Jay Zhao
**Grade range:** Grades 5–12
**First published:** 2024
**Page count:** 545
**Genre:** Science Fiction & Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780735269996`
**ISBN-10:** `0735269998`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/iron-widow
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller CBC bestseller USA Today bestseller Zetian must balance dangerous politics with a new quest for vengeance in the sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Iron Widow. Pacific Rim meets The Handmaid's Tale in this blend of Chinese history and mecha science fiction for YA readers. After suffering devastating loss and making drastic decisions, Zetian finds herself on the seat of power in Huaxia, but she has also learned that her world is not as it seems. Revelations about an enemy who dangles one of her loved ones as a hostage force Zetian to share power with a dangerous man she cannot simply depose. Despite their mutual dislike and distrust, the two must work together to take down their common enemy and stoke a revolution against the systems of exploitat

## Where this book is assigned

### Andre Norton Award for Middle Grade & Young Adult Fiction

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- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2021 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Andre Norton Award (SFWA) winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2021 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre_Norton_Award)

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