The new book from the no. 1 New York Times and no. 2 Sunday Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang'A riot' PANDORA SYKES'Razor-sharp' TIME 'A wild ride' STYLIST'Darkly comic' GQ'Satirical and humorous' COSMOPOLITAN

Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018 'The best fantasy debut of 2018' - WIRED

The searing follow-up to 2018's most celebrated fantasy debut - THE POPPY WAR.

The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R.F. Kuang's acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

Oxford, 1836.

The city of dreaming spires.

It is the centre of all knowledge and progress in the world.

And at its centre is Babel, the Royal Institute of Translation. The tower from which all the power of the Empire flows.

Orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel seemed like paradise to Robin Swift.

Until it became a prison…

But can a student stand against an empire?

An incendiary ne...