The Dragon Republic
core novel 2019 The Poppy War
Record
| First published | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.33 (251,680 ratings, collected 2026-09-13) |
| Page count | 654 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780062662606 |
| Internal chronology | 2 |
Synopsis
The second book in the trilogy opens in the aftermath of the war against the Federation of Mugen, with shaman-warrior Rin on the run and struggling with opium addiction as she nurses a private intention to assassinate the Nikara Empress she blames for the empire's suffering. Before she can act on that plan, Rin is captured by Yin Vaisra, a warlord known as the Dragon Warlord who commands the Dragon Republic and has ambitions of his own to remake Nikan's government. Drawn into his campaign rather than pursuing her own agenda, Rin must decide how far to commit herself to Vaisra's cause while wrestling with the psychological toll of the war she has already survived and the volatile power of the Phoenix still within her.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Poppy War
- Series: The Poppy War core; position 2 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: R.F. Kuang
Awards (verified)
- Ignyte Award (Outstanding Novel, Adult), 2020: finalist
Notes
- The Dragon Republic's publication year is 2019, not 2020 as some secondary listings state.
- 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or novellas exist in this universe; teased prequel material (working title involving Jiang Ziya's backstory) remains unpublished and isn't counted here yet.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 2 of 3: previous The Poppy War (2018) · next The Burning God (2020)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poppy_War
- https://rfkuang.com
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dragon_Republic
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignyte_Award
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