Phoenix Extravagant

Phoenix Extravagant Synopsis

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NOMINATED FOR THE LOCUS AWARD

2021 * *

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR

* 'An elegant, eloquent novel' - LOCUS 'Yoon's story-telling is mesmeric' - STARBURST MAGAZINE 'A gloriously imaginative silkpunk fantasy' - SFX 'Thought-provoking and very timely' - SCIFINOW DRAGONS. ART. REVOLUTION.

Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter, or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the occupying government's automaton soldiers.

But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government's horrifying crimes-and the awful source of the magical pigments they use-they find they can no longer stay out of politics. What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry's mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight...