The new blockbuster original fantasy work from Nebula, Hugo and Clarke award nominated author Yoon Ha Lee!
βAn arresting tale of loyalty, identity, and the power of art... Leeβs masterful storytelling is sure to wow.β - Publishers Weekly, starred review
Gyen Jebi isnβt a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint.
One day theyβre jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying governmentβs automaton soldiers.
But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei governmentβs horrifying crimesβand the awful source of the magical pigments they useβthey find they can no longer stay out of politics.
What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministryβs mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fightβ¦
Yoon Ha Lee is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, known for his Machineries of Empire space opera novels and his short fiction. His first novel, Ninefox Gambit, received the 2017 Locus Award for Best First Novel.