The explosive, award-winning epic fantasy debut from R.F. Kuang — a brutal, brilliant story of war, magic and power, inspired by the bloody history of twentieth-century China.
Peasant. Student. Soldier. Goddess. When war orphan Rin aces the empire-wide Keju test, winning a place at Sinegard — the most elite military academy in Nikan — she stuns everyone, not least herself. But for a dark-skinned peasant girl from the rural south, Sinegard is a viper's nest of prejudice. Targeted for her colour, her poverty and her gender, Rin discovers that she possesses a rare and lethal gift: an aptitude for the near-mythical art of shamanism, and a connection to gods long thought dead.
As an old enemy stirs and a third Poppy War looms, Rin's powers may be the only thing that can save her people. But the vengeful god who has chosen her demands a terrible price — one that may cost Rin her very humanity.
Grimdark, unflinching and unforgettable. For fans of epic and military fantasy.
Paperback · Epic fantasy · In stock at Book Tanks, shipped across Malaysia.
Book details Author: Rebecca F. Kuang (R.F. Kuang) ISBN: 9780063429147 Format: Paperback Language: English Genre: Epic fantasy
The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang — brand new, 100% original, in stock at Book Tanks and shipped fast across Malaysia.
Rebecca F. Kuang is the award-winning, #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, Yellowface, and Katabasis. 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.
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