"Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended." –The New York Times
"Yang conjures up a world of magic and machines, wild monsters and sophisticated civilizations, that you'll want to return to again and again." –
Ars Technica "Full of love and loss, confrontation and discovery. Each moment is a glistening pearl, all strung together in a wonder of world-creation." – Ken Liu, Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award winner and author of
The Grace of Kings and
The Paper Menagerie "I love Neon Yang's effortlessly fascinating world-building." –Kate Elliott, author of
Black Wolves and
Court of Fives
"A fascinating world of battles, politics, magic and romance." –Zen Cho, author of
Sorcerer to the Crown "Filled with memorable characters and set in a wonderfully imaginative and original universe." –Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of
The House of Shattered Wings "Like a Miyazaki movie decided to jump off the screen and sear itself into prose, and in doing so became something entirely new." –Indrapramit Das, author of
The Devourers
"Relentlessly captivating, heartbreaking, and powerful." –Fran Wilde, award-winning, Nebula & Hugo-nominated author of
Updraft,
Cloudbound, and
Horizon
"Yang's prose carries the reader along... A really good book." –
Locus "Yang's writing is quiet, but it is the quiet of strength. It doesn't need to shout to be heard." –Michelle West for
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction "Yang captures an epic sweep in compact, precise prose." –
Publishers Weekly starred review