The Dragon Republic (The Poppy War, Book 2)
By (Author) R.F. Kuang
Book 2
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperVoyager
5th August 2020
6th August 2020
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Historical fantasy
War, combat and military adventure fiction
Speculative fiction
813.6
Paperback
672
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 42mm
470g
The searing follow-up to 2018s 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.
Forced to ally with the powerful Dragon Warlord in his plan to unseat the Empress, Rin throws herself into the struggle using the fearsome power bestowed on her by the vengeful god Phoenix
After all, making war is all she knows how to do
PRAISE FOR THE POPPY WAR:
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 grimdarks newest and perhaps darkest daughter
FANTASY BOOK REVIEW
A wholly unique experience
THE WASHINGTON POST
R.F. Kuangs fresh approach to magic and hard-hitting story is a punch to the gut fantasy has needed for a long time. I cant 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. Kuangs debut is a masterful must-read, and Ive 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 thats 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 persons 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
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.