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.
