The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed,
award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century
China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating,
enthralling effect.
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. Returning
to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges - and unexpected
opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership
are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in
Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance
and revere her as a goddess of salvation.
Backed by the masses and her Southern
Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the
colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their
practitioners.
As her power and influence grows, will she
be strong enough to resist the Phoenix's voice, urging her to burn the
world and everything in it?