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The Burning God

By: R. F. Kuang
Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
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The exciting end to The Poppy War trilogy, R. F. Kuang’s acclaimed, award-winning epic fantasy that combines the history of twentieth-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating, enthralling effect.

After saving her nation of Nikan from foreign invaders and battling the evil Empress Su Daji in a brutal civil war, Fang Runin was betrayed by allies and left for dead.

Despite her losses, Rin hasn’t given up on those for whom she has sacrificed so much—the people of the southern provinces and especially Tikany, the village that is her home. Returning to her roots, Rin meets difficult challenges—and unexpected opportunities. While her new allies in the Southern Coalition leadership are sly and untrustworthy, Rin quickly realizes that the real power in Nikan lies with the millions of common people who thirst for vengeance and revere her as a goddess of salvation.

Backed by the masses and her Southern Army, Rin will use every weapon to defeat the Dragon Republic, the colonizing Hesperians, and all who threaten the shamanic arts and their practitioners. As her power and influence grows, though, will she be strong enough to resist the Phoenix’s intoxicating voice urging her to burn the world and everything in it?

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Emily Woo Zeller is a phenomenal narrator. She really made this an amazing experience.

The narrator kept me going

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Started slow.... very slow. But what a ramp up in the action and the story. Could have ended in another way but I am not complaing

Epic ending

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A brilliant story that ends in a truly fantastic blaze of glory. RF Kuang clearly knew exactly what she wanted from this and she delivered it without straying from the path. Well done.

Incredible

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was very good didn't like how the school named was pronoced different last 2 books

great series

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The Series Started as Mortal Kombat meets Harry Potter, but then Book two shows the cracks of this is not a happy story, but this final book wraps it up very nicely. Flawed, but nevertheless great. Worth your time of you like Grey Main Characters

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