Ken Liu is an American writer of Chinese origin, a translator, and a Nebula, Hugo, Locus, and the World Fantasy Award laureate. The English translation of Liu Cixin’s cult novel “The Three-Body Problem” brought him real fame. In 2015, Ken Liu’s first novel was published—“The Grace of Kings,” the flagship of the “Dandelion Dynasty” cycle. The cycle includes four novels, and, according to press reviews, this “epic is capable of quenching the reader’s thirst” (The New York Times).
Real passions boil both in Dar and in Ukyu-Taasa. The confrontation between Firo and Jia has reached its highest point. A brave, charismatic emperor wins over the hearts of his subjects with ease, but he is too young and straightforward to decipher the cunning schemes of the regent—and to understand that things are not what they seem. Proud and headstrong Tanwanaki doesn’t even notice how she becomes a toy in someone else’s hands. Tim still hasn’t lost hope, following the moralists’ teachings, to create an ideal state. The young Fara dreams of filling her life with love and art, but as a princess of the Dandelion House she can’t stay out of politics. Meanwhile, far beyond the ocean, Téra and Takval continue their desperate struggle—unchanged by the terrible tragedy in the valley of Kiri—recruiting new allies from among the northern peoples…