An Echo in the City

Author(s): K X Song

Real World

It's 2019 in Hong Kong and sixteen-year-old Phoenix fears the city she calls home could be lost forever. She defies her parents and joins a secret protest network. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Kai reluctantly joins the police academy to please his father. When Pheonix and Kai first meet, they accidentally swap phones. Kai realises he finally has a way to earn his father's approval- by going undercover and infiltrating the protest group. The clash of their opposing views ignites an undeniable spark. But when a relationship is built on deception, can they still love the person left behind when the lies fall away?


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'A luminous, unforgettable debut. An Echo in the City is a love letter to Hong Kong and those shifting, transformative years of youth, full of hope and heartbreak in equal measure. Read this; you'll walk away changed.' Grace D. Li, New York Times bestselling author of Portrait of a Thief 'A deeply powerful and poignant story about finding one's voice in the face of struggle and love in times of turmoil. An Echo in the City is incredibly timely in its portrayal of young people standing up for what they believe in. I could not put it down and haven't stopped thinking about it since I finished. A must read.' Susan Lee, author of Seoulmates 'In this exquisitely rendered debut, Song paints an honest and searing portrait of the Hong Kong protests. I felt deeply the emotions of the two star-crossed lovers, their yearning and heartbreak, their resilience and hope...' Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea 'An Echo in the City vividly reminds us that though the machinery of politics turns as it will, no force is greater than human love and connection. This is a gorgeous, stirring book; a stellar debut.' Jeff Zentner, award-winning author of The Serpent King

K. X. Song is a diaspora writer with roots in Hong Kong and Shanghai. An Echo in the City is her debut novel. Visit her online at kxsong.com

General Fields

  • : 9780861547388
  • : Oneworld Publications
  • : Rock the Boat
  • : 01 October 2023
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : K X Song