Other editions of book Son of Venice, A Story of Marco Polo

Readers who enjoyed Daughter of Xanadu will be eager to find out what happened to Marco Polo and Emmajin, fictional granddaughter of Khubilai Khan, after they set out on their epic journey to the West. SON OF VENICE continues the tale of Emmajin, an excellent archer who poured all her energy into her dream of becoming the first woman soldier in the Mongol army. In Daughter of Xanadu, Emmajin met Marco Polo, a traveling merchant from Venice, and he fascinated her with tales of romantic love and caused her to question her ambition.SON OF VENICE picks up the story as Emmajin begins her journey to the West, assigned by Khubilai Khan to carry a letter to establish peace and cooperation between her homeland and Marco Polo’s. Traveling in the same caravan, Marco worries when a shaman’s warning of traitors and danger casts a shadow over their journey. Told in alternating points of view, this book follows the adventures of Emmajin and Marco Polo on their Silk Road journey. They face battles, intrigue, sinister plots, and unexpected challenges to their unconventional love. Can Marco’s famed eloquence and cleverness help when Emmajin faces perils beyond any she imagined?

Son of Venice continues the story begun in Daughter of Xanadu, set in thirteenth century China. In that book, Emmajin, an excellent archer and fictional granddaughter of Khubilai Khan, poured all her energy into her dream of becoming the first woman soldier in the Mongol army. When she met Marco Polo, a traveling merchant from Venice, he fascinated her with tales of romantic love and caused her to question her ambition. Son of Venice picks up the story as Emmajin begins her journey to the West, assigned by Khubilai Khan to carry a letter to establish peace and cooperation between her homeland and Marco Polo’s. Marco is to travel in the same caravan. But a shaman’s warning of traitors and danger casts a shadow over their journey. Emmajin wants to win respect as an ambassador of the Great Khan and also to enjoy her time with Marco Polo. But her guards—and her cousin, Temur—insist on keeping them apart. Plus, as she travels west with the army, she begins to doubt the Khan’s intentions. Does he really want her to make peace with the West? Told in alternating points of view, this book follows the adventures of Emmajin and Marco Polo as they head west along the Silk Road. They face battles, intrigue, sinister plots, and unexpected challenges to their unconventional love. Can Marco’s famed eloquence and cleverness help when Emmajin faces perils beyond any she imagined?