'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. in unclipped dust jacket-the conclusion to the Dandelion Dynasty (Book. Book cover for The Dandelion Dynasty Boxset. '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.' The Dandelion Dynasty Boxset (The Dandelion Dynasty, Books 1-4). 'The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner.

Liu’s ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines). 'The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo. 'Told in Liu’s graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast.' Listen to The Dandelion Dynasty series with a free trial. It should rank amongst the genre's best works.' Plots within plots, secrets kept from one another and the land of Dara as a whole, memories, and so much more will be revealed. '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.

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Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites.

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