Rebecca Kuang Libri

The searing follow-up to 2018's most celebrated fantasy debut - THE POPPY WAR.

A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival

Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.

A new dark academic fantasy by the New York Times bestselling author of The Poppy War Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Oxford, 1836. The city of dreaming spires. It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world. And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows. Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift. Until it became a prison... But can a student stand against an empire? An incendiary new novel from award-winning author R.F. Kuang about the power of language, the violence of colonialism, and the sacrifices of resistance.

From R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel, this collection brings together her historical military fantasy trilogy—The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God—an epic inspired by China’s tumultuous twentieth-century history, rich with treachery and magic. In The Poppy War, war orphan Rin secures her place in Nikan’s elite military school, where she uncovers her shamanic powers and realizes that ancient gods are alive. As conflict looms between the Nikara Empire and the Federation of Mugen, Rin learns that her powers may be her people’s only hope, but the cost of victory may be her humanity. The Dragon Republic follows Rin as she grapples with guilt and addiction after a horrific battle. Driven by vengeance against the Empress who betrayed her, she allies with the Dragon Warlord. As she navigates the complexities of her allies and enemies, the temptation to unleash the Phoenix’s destructive power intensifies. In The Burning God, after saving Nikan from invaders and confronting the Empress in a civil war, Rin recognizes the true strength of her homeland lies with its people. As she vows to protect the shamanic arts, her power grows, but so does the Phoenix’s insidious call to destroy everything. “Mixing historical parallels of Chinese history, the themes of war, politics, and colonialism are balanced with terrific, flawed characters and amazing worldbuilding.” — Library Journal (starre