The Grace of Kings

Resumen del libro

A TIME MAGAZINE BEST FANTASY BOOK OF ALL TIME Emperor Mapidere was the first to unite the island kingdoms of Dara under a single banner. But now the emperor is on his deathbed, his people are exhausted by his vast, conscriptive engineering projects and his counsellors conspire only for their own gain. Even the gods themselves are restless.

A wily, charismatic bandit and the vengeance-sworn son of a deposed duke cross paths as they each lead their own rebellion against the emperor's brutal regime. Together, they will journey to the heart of the empire; witnessing the clash of armies, fleets of silk-draped airships, magical books and shapeshifting gods. Their unlikely friendship will drastically change the balance of power in Dara...

but at what price? The Grace of Kings is the first novel by Hugo-, Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu and the first in a monumental epic fantasy series.

Biografía del autor

Ken Liu (1976) nació en Lanzhou (China) y emigró a Estados Unidos a los once años. Vive con su familia cerca de Boston, Massachusetts.<br> Considerado uno de los mejores autores de ficción breve de este siglo, ha participado en numerosas adaptaciones de sus obras como series de animación y su multipremiada colección "El zoo de papel y otros relatos" ha sido traducida a una docena de lenguas. "Huesos que hablan" es el volumen que cierra la saga épica iniciada con "La gracia de los reyes", que recibió el premio Locus en 2016.