Chat with local author Julia Vee

Assassins. Dragon magic. And dumpings. The Phoenix Hoard series has it all.

Emiko Soong belongs to a premier magical family, but she never needed magic. She uses her blade to protect the people she loves and the city she is sworn to protect on a journey to understanding her true power. In series finales Pearl City, she faces the question: is Emiko’s fate written to be the destroyer of worlds, or can she chart a new course to save her family?

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Julia Vee was a trial lawyer in Silicon Valley for over two decades. She still makes stuff up for a living. She attended U.C Berkeley and majored in Asian Studies. A graduate of Viable Paradise, she often writes with co-author Ken Bebelle. They have penned over 10 novels together. Their novel Ebony Gate, the first in The Phoenix Hoard series, was named a 2023 Golden Poppy Finalist for the Octavia E. Butler award. The series conclusion, Pearl City, released in July of 2025.

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