Dana Li

A #YA #SF BEAUTY & THE BEAST re-telling with:

👑An Imperial princess-turned-soldier
🪐A future where humans colonized other worlds
🕵️‍♀️Interplanetary politics and espionage
🫂Complex family dynamics: Father-daughter/son, sisterhood
🤖Sassy androids
📚Shakespeare references
🍚 #Asian culture and food

#DVpit

Sci-fi BEAUTY & THE BEAST with political intrigue 🚀⚔️

When Maia Jiang's pursuit of a weapons ring uncovers a threat to her home planet, she volunteers as an ambassador to Earth’s new monarch. Is he militarizing to conquer her world, or are they both prey to an anonymous enemy? #DVpit #YA #SF #Asian

Banking on this being a future bestseller 🤩

Ah thanks so much! I hope you’ll get to read it 😊

LUNAR CHRONICLES x DESCENDANT OF THE CRANE

Maia will do anything to protect her home world and father's crown. When she volunteers as the first-ever ambassador to Earth, she must determine if Earth’s new monarch aspires to conquer her planet, or another enemy stalks them both. #DVpit #YA #SF #Asian

Seeking to dismantle an interplanetary weapons ring, a princess-turned-soldier leaves her home planet as an ambassador to Earth. Sucked into a shadowy power struggle, she must determine Earth’s enigmatic new ruler’s true motives before war erupts. Beauty & the Beast re-telling. #DVpit #YA #SF #Asian

Thank you!!

Aw thank you so much!

In order to forestall war, a princess-turned-soldier leaves her home planet as an ambassador to Earth’s enigmatic new ruler, just to find herself sucked into a web of political intrigue where her only ally may be the very man she came to confront. Beauty & the Beast re-telling. #DVpit #YA #SF #Asian

In a future where humans have settled on other planets, a princess-turned-soldier returns to Earth as an ambassador to its mysterious new ruler. She must determine if he aspires to conquer her world or if a hidden enemy is using them both as pawns. Beauty & the Beast re-telling #DVpit #YA #SF #Asian

Aw so glad you think so - thanks!

Thank you! 😊

Mood board for YA sci fi novel. Includes nine images: steaming dumplings, a fortress enshrouded in mist, moon rise over mountains, an Asian girl on the beach, a single jet flying into the atmosphere, a hand on a weapon at the hip, an android, a stack of books in a library, a scenic view of Gulangyu in China.

#DVparty mood board for my #YA #SF. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast, featuring a princess-turned-soldier and a new monarch, thrust into power after his father’s death. Includes:

👑 Political intrigue
🫂 Complex family dynamics
🤖 Sassy androids
📚 Shakespeare references
🍚 Chinese food
🕵️‍♂️ Espionage

Hi #WriteSky #BookSky! I work in tech and write stories in my spare time. My first novel, “The Vermilion Riddle,” is a fantasy I describe as LOTR x Jane Austen. I’m getting ready to pitch my next: a sci-fi inspired Beauty & the Beast retelling. Come say hi! #DVpit