The Poppy War: A Novel
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Washington Post ""5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018"" pick!
A Bustle ""30 Best Fiction Books of 2018"" pick!
โI have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year [...] I have absolutely no doubt thatย [Kuangโs] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin.โ -- Booknest
A brilliantly imaginative talent makes her exciting debut with this epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of Chinaโs twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic, in the tradition of Ken Liuโs Grace of Kings and N.K. Jemisinโs Inheritance Trilogy.
When Rin aced the Kejuโthe Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academiesโit was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldnโt believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rinโs guardians, who believed theyโd finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegardโthe most elite military school in Nikanโwas even more surprising.
But surprises arenโt always good.
Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly powerโan aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much aliveโand that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.
For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .
Rinโs shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
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Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, 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, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.
