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 the forthcoming 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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