A brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic....

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ WIREDA brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic....

The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR.Rin is on the run…Haunted by the atrocity she committed to save her people, addicted to opium, and driven by the murderous commands of Phoenix, the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with her fearsome power....

After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead. Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much – the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home....

The searing follow-up to 2018’s most celebrated fantasy debut – THE POPPY WAR. Rin is on the run … Haunted by the terrible choices she had to make to save her people, Rin\"s only reason for living is to take revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold her homeland to its enemies....