From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface comes an all-new
fully illustrated hardcover Deluxe Collector’s Edition of R. F. Kuang’s The Dragon Republic
with a full-wrap illustrated jacket and black-and-white interior art by JungShan Chang
throughout plus embossed case designed endpapers and stenciled edges! Considered one of Time
Magazine’s 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time the second book in the beloved Poppy War Trilogy
continues Rin’s epic struggle to defend her homeland at any cost. The war is over. The war has
just begun. Three times throughout its history Nikan has fought for its survival in the bloody
Poppy Wars. Though the third battle has ended the war still rages for Rin. Haunted by the
atrocity she committed to save her people the shaman and warrior is on the run from her guilt
the opium addiction that holds her like a vise and the murderous commands of the fiery
Phoenix—the vengeful god who has blessed Rin with fearsome power. While the young warrior
welcomes death she must remain alive until she avenges the traitorous Empress who betrayed her
homeland. Rin’s only hope is to join forces with the enemy of her enemy—the powerful Dragon
Warlord who plots to destroy the Empress. But Rin soon learns that the Empress and the Dragon
Warlord are not what they seem leading her to contemplate the unthinkable: using the Phoenix’s
deadly power once more. Because there is nothing Rin won’t sacrifice to save her country . . .
and exact her vengeance.
