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Chia Black Dragon is the main character of a series of three dark fantasy books by Stephen Marley. They are set in China somewhere around 200-600 AD. The three books are:

• Spirit Mirror (1988).
• Mortal Mask (1991).
• Shadow Sisters (1993).

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Tropes:

• Action Girl: Chia.
• Back from the Dead: Nyak in Mortal Mask.
• Black Magician Girl: Chia.
• The Chessmaster: Nyak.
• Lesbian Vampire: Chia herself. She doesn't get a lot of chances to practice though.
• Luke, I Am Your Father: Chia discovers that Nyak is her brother and Glak-i-kakthz is her father.
• Retroactive Precognition: Chia invents sunglasses and buttons.
• Take a Third Option: Chia tries to do this to dodge Nyak's Xanatos Gambits. She does not always succeed.
• Our Vampires Are Different.
• Unwitting Pawn: Chia in some of the books.

The Charwoman's Shadow

Fantasy Literature

The Children of Húrin