RF Kuang Books in Order

War orphan Rin wins a place at Nikan's elite military academy, escaping an arranged marriage. Amid hostility from privileged classmates, she discovers shamanic powers whose connection to a vengeful god becomes crucial as another war approaches.

Haunted by war and struggling with addiction, Rin seeks revenge against Nikan's Empress. An alliance with the Dragon Warlord draws her into plans for a new republic, while the Phoenix's destructive demands complicate her struggle for control.

Returning to Nikan's southern provinces after betrayal, Rin builds support among people seeking vengeance. Her campaign against the Dragon Republic and foreign interference tests whether she can pursue liberation without surrendering to the Phoenix's appetite for destruction.

Orphaned in Canton and educated in England, Robin Swift enters Oxford's prestigious translation institute. In this alternate nineteenth century, linguistic magic sustains British power, forcing him to question the institution offering him belonging and opportunity.

After witnessing her friend Athena Liu’s death, struggling writer June Hayward steals her manuscript about Chinese laborers in the First World War. Publishing it under an ambiguous new identity brings success, but mounting scrutiny threatens to expose her deception.

Cambridge graduate student Alice Law needs her demanding professor’s recommendation to secure an academic career. When a magical accident sends him to Hell, she joins rival Peter Murdoch on a rescue mission that tests their ambitions and uneasy alliance.

Chinese American student Lily Chen joins a language program in Taipei, hoping to reconnect with her heritage. Classes, friendships and romance complicate the summer, while her grandfather’s death draws her into questions about family history, grief and belonging.

Robin Swift finds friendship and intellectual purpose at Oxford's Royal Institute of Translation, where enchanted silver depends on linguistic differences. As he recognizes its role in imperial expansion, loyalty to his adopted home conflicts with his origins.