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The Burning God (The Poppy War, 3) Hardcover – November 17, 2020

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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 battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.

Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges—and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation.

Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?

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	The Poppy War	The Dragon Republic	The Burning God	Babel	Yellowface	The Complete Poppy War Trilogy Boxed Set
	A powerful historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.	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 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.	The instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.	A chilling and hilariously cutting novel about identity, white lies, and ambition from R.F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel.	From R. F. Kuang, the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of Babel and Yellowface, this collection features all three novels in her historical military fantasy trilogy!

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"Kuang has crafted a story that is truly epic in nature, making this trilogy one of the best epic fantasies of the past decade." — Tor.com

"Bringing her complex Poppy War trilogy to a poignant conclusion, Kuang shines a searing light on the devastating price and valiant sacrifices that warfare requires of all involved." — Booklist (starred review)

"An incredible end to this epic trilogy. Mixing historical parallels of Chinese history, the themes of war, politics, and colonialism are balanced with terrific, flawed characters and amazing worldbuilding." — Library Journal (starred review)

"The Burning God is an excellent book, and the trilogy as a whole is a masterpiece. Decades from now, I’m sure that R.F. Kuang’s Poppy War trilogy will prove to be one of the most influential fantasy series of the modern era." — Grimdark Magazine

"A dark and devastating conclusion that transcends its roots in historical fact to examine brutal truths." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The Burning God is a triumph....It is a spectacular work—perhaps my favourite release of 2020." — Fantasy Hive

“Kuang’s Poppy War series, the saga of a young shaman fighting to bring the old gods back to her homeland, comes to a striking close in this gritty finale.” — Publishers Weekly

"A wholly unique experience." — Washington Post on The Poppy War

"It feels nostalgic, wistful even … The Burning God is the best-written book of the trilogy … This place and this protagonist are singular in fantasy literature." — Book Marks

About the Author

Rebecca F. Kuang is a Marshall Scholar, Chinese-English translator, and the Astounding Award-winning and Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of the Poppy War trilogy. Her work has won the Crawford Award and the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel. She has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford; she is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Voyager (November 17, 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 640 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062662627
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062662620
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.72 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.85 x 9 inches

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Rebecca F. Kuang is the #1 New York Times bestselling and Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award nominated author of Babel, the Poppy War trilogy, and the forthcoming Yellowface. She is a Marshall Scholar, translator, and has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale.

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Nathan T. Jeung

Should be required reading...please write more!

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2023

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This series is like an addiction that I can't put down. I'll shirk any responsibility including showering to read it. I'm so sad I finished the whole thing because I want more! Please, write more books for this universe! Prequels or side stories...anything! I love the inclusion of actual Chinese occupation stories. I feel like this should be required reading for seniors in HS or freshmen in college for world history. It helped me make a shift this Thanksgiving in reading stories written natives rather than teaching white occupation pride (which I didn't do before but just saying....I freaked out a little when my 3rd grader came home saying Christopher Columbus discovered America #cringe).

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Gods of chaos created some messiness ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2020

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This is a compelling trilogy -- I had to finish the first, immediately start the second and then waited impatiently for the third.

For making me feel that, it's an overall four stars. A lot of fantasy takes so long to start and present the characters, the stakes -- and then has a world building that either feels déjà vu or too full of absurd details (*cough* sprens). This one, to me, had enough background of the main character at first and then right away moved her into a school where she met the other main characters.

Some more characters crop up as the books go, but the main ensemble is there, pretty soon into the first book. And they are clear-cut characters, too, while still being believable and full fleshed.

The way she incorporated the legends and history of China was also interesting, if a little heavy-handed at times.

However, in this third book, the flaws that bothered me only seemed to increase. It felt as if there was no proper planning, and the book often veered chaotically from one side to the other -- just like Rin's war. One might argue that this is on purpose, but not really. Not from a story-telling point of view.

You can absolutely give the impression of chaos in a war without it reflecting on the story.

Another reviewer has pointed it out, but the problem seemed to be a lack of planning, or a lack of awareness of what to do with the elements that the writer had built up until now.

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The historical elements here become TOO heavy handed, to the point of seeming preachy -- especially against "Hesperia" (i.e., the West). Although one can well believe that traditional warriors would feel that way about mechanized war, and we are mostly seeing this through the almost hysterical POV of Rin, the caricature of the Hesperians gets tedious after a while.

The Trifecta appears after much expectation only to go out with a whimper. Truly in a way that was almost comical.

The shaman powers also get controlled or manipulated by Hesperia through methods that were a little laughable. One practically needed the mad scientist with the fake-looking, wobbly dashboard, screaming, "DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL!" or something equally 1950s. Or before.

The fact is that the story gets lost amid so many campaigns and trudging through mud and corpses and then sudden epic fights which become repetitive -- and stop causing emotion. We see two or three duels between Nezha and Rin that are pretty much the same thing. Maybe even four.

The big dangers like the Trifecta and the Dragon appear and recede after such fireworks. Dirigibles and other war weapons come and go and come again.

What I mean is that the stakes don't go UP. They waddle. The story goes sideways with no rising emotion and dawdles in the wrong places. Then climaxes are produced through firework displays, but they have ceased to excite.

It is, in fact, very much like the third act in a lot of superhero movies. Bam. Bam. Boom. Bam.

There is an IDEA behind all this that's good. Rin's realization that the Trifecta is dangerous; her creation of more shamans to fight against Hesperia's machines; her duel against Nezha and his reasons; the dawning understanding that she has bit more than she can chew and she cannot govern -- she is a warrior, not an administrator. She knows no compromise.

And then her final decision, which could be seen as a sort of redemption -- and is a sacrifice.

The problem is, all that happens there in this messy ending has been done before in this very book. She is thinking things she has thought before. Epiphanies are presented and then come again and again. And by the time the final one comes, it's only too obvious because it's been hinted at over and over again.

Which is to say: This was an original story, it had compelling characters and situations -- but the messiness of the execution and the heavy-handedness of the epiphanies and messages squandered away the potential of the trilogy.

I'm still happy to have read it. I'm curious to see what Kuang does next. But she would totally benefit from tighter outlining and more judicious editing, which might come with experience.

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Anikó T.

A devastating conclusion of a fantastic series

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023

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This heartbreaking conclusion of the The Poppy War trilogy, definitely worth all my stars. In this installment we see Rin as a deadly warlord, trying to save her people, but she is broken both in her spirit and her heart. She has to make very hard decisions again, win, fail, chase false hope, get betrayed countless times. We see the monstrosity of war, famine and other hardships the people has to endure.

I definitely wouldn't recommend this series to just anyone because of the devastating topic it covers, but it is a fantastic series, and all of them worth five stars in my book.

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This one burns into your mind forever...

Reviewed in the United States on November 12, 2022

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This will be a review of The Burning God and the trilogy overall...

The trilogy overall is 5 stars because I've never read anything like it before. It is a military fantasy with very dark, very cinematic moments that are worthy of being on the big screen. The first book depicts Rin as already a hard worker and a determined young girl of age 14-15 years. She gets into the toughest military school by bribing her tutor to teach her and scoring high on the exam; there, she encounters bullying for her dark skin and other heartaches and backaches too. This sets the stage for her mentality later on because it shifts a bit into darker terrains.

The Dragon Republic(Book 2) takes us deeper into the Dragon region and there is more politics involved, and more importantly, Rin learns more about the powerful Trifecta. It is during this point that I realize Rin, Nezha, Venka, and my favorite- Kitay, are having to grow up really fast. The third Poppy War literally happened as they were studying in school-- so as the reader, I offer grace to their errors because I must remember they are so young. But by the final book, I am worried for Rin...and her friends.

In The Burning God(Book 3) Rin becomes something broken. She is fragmented mentally, and spiritually she is all over the place. Her decisions seems to come from more of the Phoenix inside her rather than her. Nezha(her former bully and on again off again foe/friend) is even more complex. I truly love how no one is the innocent here, but also are people you care deeply for.

While reading, I realized a few things about Rin:

-She's impulsive
-Magnificent
-Smart
-Deadly
-Monstrous
-Dedicated

All of this, for her people. Yeah, there were times in the book I wanted to put my fist through the page. Rin is constantly betrayed- also, there were several pages where it was so bleak and hopeless, I wanted everyone put out of their misery. There seemed to be NO silver lining in the plot, or there were false ones.

The saving grace (and why the book earns five stars) is the final cataclysmic chapters and bonus short story at the end called, "Drowning Faith"- It is wonderful, a tear jerker and this trilogy will live in my heart forever. I hope R.F. Kuang continues to write more books. I just purchased Babel, also written by her.

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Andrew Hall

Shakespearian tragedy on a massive scale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2024

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This is an astonishing trilogy. It is so carefully plotted that all of the very many twists and reversals are a complete surprise until just after they happen, when they become inevitable. It is very dark and powerful throughout. The magic elements are consistently applied and fully grounded in the book's internal cosmology and theology

Amaranth

Ein würdiger Abschluss

Reviewed in Germany on January 4, 2024

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Nachdem ich die ersten beiden Bände nur so verschlungen habe, endet die Triologie mit dem nicht weniger spannenden Buch the burning god. Auch wenn es nicht mein gewünschtes Ende ist, so ergibt dieses doch Sinn für die Reihe.

Wie auch bei den vorherigen Bänden sollte man graphische Darstellungen von Gewalt aushalten können

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TC

Super

Reviewed in France on November 21, 2023

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Livre en bon état

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Nagesh v.

want more

Reviewed in India on September 20, 2023