The Burning God
core novel 2020 The Poppy War
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.26 (195,827 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 622 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062662620 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The third and final book in the trilogy finds Rin betrayed by the ruling House of Yin after the events of the previous novel, forcing her to flee with her companions Kitay and Venka rather than remain under its authority. The three take refuge with the Southern Coalition, a resistance movement fighting both the Nikan Republic's leadership and its powerful Hesperian allies, and Rin steps into a leading role in its military campaign to liberate her home region from occupation. Balancing her responsibilities as a commander against the still-unpredictable power of the Phoenix and the compromises war demands of its leaders, Rin pushes further into a conflict whose costs keep multiplying.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Poppy War
- Series: The Poppy War core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.F. Kuang
Notes
- From the series record (The Poppy War): Closed trilogy (2018-2020). No published short fiction or novellas exist in this universe; teased prequel material (working title involving Jiang Ziya's backstory) remains unpublished and isn't counted here yet.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Poppy War: position 3 of 3: previous The Dragon Republic (2019)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poppy_War
- https://rfkuang.com
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burning_God
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