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An AudioFile Magazine Best Audiobook of 2018! Read by Audiofile Golden Voice Narrator, Emily Woo Zeller A Library Journal, Paste Magazine, and ENTROPY Best Books of 2018 pick! Washington Post "5 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Novel of 2018" pick! A Bustle "30 Best Fiction Books of 2018" pick!...

Da Rin mod alles forventning optages på Sinegard – et akademi, som uddanner elitesoldater til Imperiets fremtidige krigsførelse – forvandles glæden hurtigt til frustration, da hun mødes med foragt på grund af sin sydlige dialekt, køn og mørke hudfarve. I sin kamp for at bevise sit...

Opiumskrigen endte med Rins udslettelse af landet Mugen, og hun er nu på flugt fra føniksguden, sin opiumafhængighed og de grusomme konsekvenser og etiske dilemmaer, der er fulgt i kølvandet på hendes afslutning af krigen. Det eneste, der holder Rin i live, er hendes ønske om at hævne sig...

La guerra ha acabado. Y una nueva guerra acaba de empezar. Tres veces a lo largo de su historia, Nikan ha luchado por su supervivencia en las sangrientas Guerras de la Amapola. Aunque la tercera acaba de terminar, Rin no puede olvidar la atrocidad que cometió para salvar a su pueblo. Ahora está tratando de librarse de su culpa, de su adicción al opio y de las órdenes asesinas del ardiente Fénix, el dios vengativo que ha bendecido a Rin con su temible poder. Aunque no quiere seguir viviendo, se niega a morir hasta vengarse de la Emperatriz, que traicionó a la que fue la tierra natal de Rin.

Catabase, nom féminin, du grec ancien katábasis : descente du héros aux Enfers. Alice Law a tout donné pour réussir : son énergie, son temps et sa santé mentale. Doctorante en magie analytique à Cambridge, son unique objectif est d'être titularisée et légitimer ainsi son talent de...

As escritoras June Hayward e Athena Liu se formaram em Yale e publicaram seus romances de estreia na mesma época. Tudo indicava que chegariam juntas ao estrelato, mas, pouco depois da graduação, Athena começou a colher louros literários, enquanto June recebeu apenas migalhas de reconhecimento. Quando Athena morre em um estranho incidente, June decide que chegou seu momento de brilhar. Por impulso, ela rouba o manuscrito do novo livro da amiga, uma obra experimental sobre a relevância dos trabalhadores chineses durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial.

From R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Babel, this collection features the novels in her historical military fantasy trilogy—The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God—a complete epic inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth...

“Short stories have to accomplish a nearly impossible magic trick: to introduce a world often much stranger than our own and make you care about it in a matter of pages,” writes R. F. Kuang in her introduction. “The most important part of this magic trick is just a willingness to get weird...

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire...

Rin’s story continues in this acclaimed sequel to The Poppy War—an epic fantasy combining the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters. The war is over. The war has just begun. Three times throughout its history, Nikan has fought for its survival in the...

Brought to you by Penguin. Celebrate the legacy of The Empire Strikes Back with this exciting reimagining of the timeless film featuring new perspectives from forty acclaimed authors. On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the...

Alice Law tem apenas um objetivo: se tornar uma das mentes mais brilhantes da área de magia analítica. Ela sacrificou tudo: orgulho, vida amorosa e até mesmo a sanidade. Abriu mão do que foi preciso para entrar no programa de pós-graduação de Cambridge e trabalhar ao lado do professor Jacob Grimes, o maior mago do mundo.

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect. After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and...

C'est une histoire magistrale racontée par la mauvaise personne. June Hayward et Athena Liu ont étudié ensemble à Yale, ont déménagé à Washington après avoir obtenu leur diplôme et sont toutes les deux écrivaines, mais les similitudes s'arrêtent là. Athena est une étoile montante...

Celebrate the legacy of The Empire Strikes Back with this exciting reimagining of the timeless film featuring new perspectives from forty acclaimed authors. On May 21, 1980, Star Wars became a true saga with the release of The Empire Strikes Back. In honor of the fortieth anniversary...

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...