The Veiled Throne by Ken Liu
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.
Ken Liu is an award-winning speculative fiction novelist from the United States. The Paper Menagerie and Other Tales, his collection, has been translated into over a dozen languages. The Grace of Kings, The Wall of Storms, The Veiled Throne, and a second collection, The Hidden Girl and Other Tales, are among Liu's other works. He has been engaged in a number of media adaptations of his work, including Netflix's animated series Love, Death + Robots' adaptation of his short tale Good Hunting, and AMC's Pantheon, which is based on an interwoven series of short stories. The Cleaners, The Hidden Girl, and The Message have all been optioned for development.
Liu has worked as a software engineer, a business lawyer, and a litigation consultant in the past. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and universities on topics such as futurism, bitcoin, technology history, and the importance of narrative. Liu lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with his family.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781481424332 |
| ISBN 10 | 1481424335 |
| Title | The Veiled Throne |
| Author | Ken Liu |
| Series | Dandelion Dynasty |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Gallery / Saga Press |
| Year published | 2021-12-07 |
| Number of pages | 1008 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |