Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier #1)

“Lee’s action-packed , Mad Max: Fury Road –inspired fantasy is a breathless, polyamorous adventure that will delight fans of well-built, fast-paced, queer sf/fantasy.”—Booklist

"Road to Ruin is an absolute thrill ride, & the most fun I’ve had reading all year. Messy yet…

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An electrifying, gritty fantasy from debut author Hana Lee that takes a royal messenger on a high-speed chase across a climate-ravaged wasteland, featuring motorcycles, monsters, & magic.

Jin-Lu has the most dangerous job in the wasteland. She’s a magebike courier, one of the few who venture outside the domed cities on motorcycles powered by magic. Every day, she braves the wasteland’s dangers—deadly storms, roving marauders, & territorial beasts—to deliver her wares.
Her most valuable cargo? A prince’s love letters addressed to Yi-Nereen, a princess desperate to escape the clutches of her abusive family & soon-to-be husband.

Jin, desperately in love with both her & the prince, can’t refuse Yi-Nereen’s plea for help. The two of them flee across the wastes, pursued by Yi-Nereen’s furious father, her scheming betrothed, & a bounty hunter with mysterious powers.

A storm to end all storms is brewing & dark secrets about the heritability of magic are coming to light. Jin’s heart has led her into peril before, but this time she may not find her way back.

“Road to Ruin is an electrifying tale that proves impossible to put down. Hana Lee’s thrilling prose hauls the reader headlong into an epic adventure, laden with striking characters & world-building as deft as it is fearless. I’ll be thinking about this book for a long, long time.”— Thea Guanzon, author of The Hurricane Wars