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ISBN-10: 1481424343
ISBN-13: 9781481424349
Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
Publish Date: 05/10/2022
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 2.60" H

The Veiled Throne

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Overview

With the invasion of Dara complete, and the Wall of Storms breached, the world has opened to new possibilities for the gods and peoples of both empires as the sweeping saga of the award-winning Dandelion Dynasty continues in this third book of the “magnificent fantasy epic” (NPR).

Princess Théra, once known as Empress Üna of Dara, entrusted the throne to her younger brother in order to journey to Ukyu-Gondé to war with the Lyucu. She has crossed the fabled Wall of Storms with a fleet of advanced warships and ten thousand people. Beset by adversity, Théra and her most trusted companions attempt to overcome every challenge by doing the most interesting thing. But is not letting the past dictate the present always possible or even desirable?

In Dara, the Lyucu leadership as well as the surviving Dandelion Court bristle with rivalries as currents of power surge and ebb and perspectives spin and shift. Here, parents and children, teachers and students, Empress and Pékyu, all nurture the seeds of plans that will take years to bloom. Will tradition yield to new justifications for power?

Everywhere, the spirit of innovation dances like dandelion seeds on the wind, and the commoners, the forgotten, the ignored begin to engineer new solutions for a new age.

Ken Liu returns to the series that draws from a tradition of the great epics of our history from the Aeneid to the Romance on the Three Kingdoms and builds a new tale unsurpassed in its scope and ambition.

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Reviews
"Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings [is] a magnificent fantasy epic. Liu is building a dynasty." (NPR Books)

"The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. Liu's ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines). " (Kirkus Reviews)

"The Grace of Kings is an ambitious, astonishing, and sublime work, one that both exemplifies and diverges from what one might think of when it comes to epic fantasy. It should rank amongst the genre's best works." (io9)

"Liu's combination of elements from China, Polynesia and beyond, told in an epic style, is the kind of Silk Road Fantasy that I've always wanted to read, and love all the more now that I have." (SF Signal)

"Told in Liu's graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast." (SFF World)

"The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner. It is nothing if not epic." (Tor.com)

"The Grace of Kings is grand, mythic and epic, but Liu's "silk-punk" world of trickster gods and giant horned whales is also a delight." (Relentless Reading)

"By turns opulent, gritty, and inventive, The Grace of Kings gives epic fantasy a much-needed breath of fresh air."–Saladin Ahmed, Hugo Award finalist for Throne of the Crescent Moon

"Ken Liu shows that he is more than a master of the short form. This is the rare novel I feel compelled to immediately read again. A masterpiece." –Hugh C. Howey, author of the bestselling Wool series

"Rich in detail, packed with action, and inventive in its blending of epic traditions, Ken Liu's The Grace of Kings is an absolute pleasure to read."–Kate Elliott, Nebula Award-winning author of the Spiritwalker trilogy

"Ken Liu is a genius."–Elizabeth Bear, Hugo Award-winning author of the Eternal Sky series

"Ken Liu wrote the Wuxia version of Game of Thrones. The scope is breathtaking. The story is epic. This book kicks major ass!"–Wes Chu, John M. Campbell and Alex Award winning author of the Lives of Tao trilogy and Time Salvager

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Details

ISBN-10: 1481424343
ISBN-13: 9781481424349
Publisher: S&s/Saga Press
Publish Date: 05/10/2022
Dimensions: 8.20" L, 5.50" W, 2.60" H
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