From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new fully
illustrated collector's edition of R. F. Kuang's debut novel The Poppy War. Considered one of
Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time the story of orphaned Rin's rise to power
gets a fresh look with a full-wrap illustrated jacket and black-and-white interior art by
JungShan Chang throughout plus embossed case designed end papers and sprayed edges. When Rin
aced the Keju--the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the
Academies--it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials who couldn't believe a war orphan
from Rooster Province could pass without cheating to Rin's guardians who believed they'd
finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise and to Rin herself who
realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily
existence. That she got into Sinegard--the most elite military school in Nikan--was even more
surprising. But surprises aren't always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from
the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for
her color poverty and gender Rin discovers she possesses a lethal unearthly power--an
aptitude for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the
help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances Rin learns that gods long
thought dead are very much alive--and that mastering control over those powers could mean more
than just surviving school. For while the Nikara Empire is at peace the Federation of Mugen
still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades
after the First Poppy War and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of
the people are complacent to go about their lives a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is
just a spark away . . . Rin's shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as
she finds out more about the god that has chosen her the vengeful Phoenix she fears that
winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.
