The Scarlet Alchemist

Author: Baker, Kylie Lee
Call Number: SF BAKER, K

Mud and clay is what Fan Zilan uses to help support her poor merchant family, dreaming of one day becoming a royal alchemist and making alchemical gold and gems for the wealthy to eat in order to stay young forever. Unknown to her aunt and uncle, Zilan and her two cousins are running a side hustle—the illegal practice of resurrecting the dead using alchemy. As Zilan aims to complete the imperial exams and become a royal alchemist, she travels to the nation’s capital. Unfortunately, her reputation for raising the dead has traveled with her. Increasingly entangled in the deadly politics of the royal family,  Zilan learns all is not what it seems and will learn the true price of alchemy in the dark and beautiful world Baker has created.