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The award-winning epic fantasy trilogy that combines the history of China with a gripping world of gods and monsters

About the Author

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy and Babel. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

Reviews

PRAISE FOR THE POPPY WAR TRILOGY: ‘An outstanding debut’ DAILY MAIL 'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach now' THE HERALD ‘A masterpiece by grimdark’s newest and perhaps darkest daughter’ FANTASY BOOK REVIEW ‘A wholly unique experience’ THE WASHINGTON POST ‘R.F. Kuang’s fresh approach to magic and hard-hitting story is a punch to the gut fantasy has needed for a long time’ Peter V. Brett, bestselling author of The Demon Cycle ‘Enthralling from start to finish … I thought myself prepared. I was not’ Nicholas Eames, author of KINGS OF THE WYLD ‘A blistering, powerful epic of war and revenge that will captivate you to the bitter end’ Kameron Hurley, author of THE LIGHT BRIDAGE ‘Her story’s refreshing, shocking … Behold the horizons of fantasy expand’ WIRED ‘An epic journey of vengeance, friendship, and power’ LIBRARY JOURNAL ‘Straight up incredible … It’s big, bold, beautiful, and badass’ FANTASY HIVE