The award-winning epic fantasy trilogy that combines the history of China with a gripping world of gods and monsters
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.
‘An outstanding debut’
DAILY MAIL ‘A book that will go down as one of the best
grimdark/military fantasy debuts of all time’
BOOKNEST ‘A masterpiece by grimdark’s newest and perhaps darkest
daughter’
FANTASY BOOK REVIEW ‘A wholly unique experience’
THE WASHINGTON POST ‘This first book in The Poppy War trilogy won
numerous debut awards when it was published in 2018, and upon
reading it you quickly understand why’
WOMAN & HOME ‘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. I
can’t wait for THE DRAGON REPUBLIC’
Peter V. Brett, bestselling author of The Demon Cycle ‘Enthralling
from start to finish … I thought myself prepared. I was now. R.F.
Kuang’s debut is a masterful must-read, and I’ve no doubt the best
is yet to come’
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 ‘Fresh, assured,
character-driven fantasy that’s choc full of magic, war, and
betrayal. I loved it from start to finish’
Peter Newman, author of THE VAGRANT ‘A powerful, emotional journey,
compellingly written’
Adrian Tchaikovsky, award-winning author of THE CHILDREN OF TIME
‘An original and engrossing tale of the coming of age of a talented
young soldier amid the horrors of invasion and genocide’
Anna Stephens, author of GODBLIND ‘I so enjoyed The Poppy War by R.
F. Kuang … It is all about survival, and how a person’s will and
determination can change the course of their life. I loved the
central character, felt her pain and her far-too-brief moments of
joy, and just loved how Kuang breathes fresh life into the warrior
training school … Highly recommended’
John Gwynne, author of MALICE
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