Ken Liu Livres

Le Royaume de Dara est divisé en sept Etats, mais l'un d'entre eux, Xana, a pris l'ascendant sur les autres par la force et le jeu des alliances politiques. Son roi est devenu l'Empereur et a établi le règne du Céleste Diaphane. Tous désormais doivent chanter ses louanges et oeuvrer à sa gloire. Cependant, chez les nobles déchus comme chez le peuple corvéable à merci et écrasé d'impôts, la révolte gronde. Mais comment renverser cet empire dont les forces armées s'appuient sur une technologie élaborée ? C'est le défi que tenteront de relever Mata Zyndu, le dernier héritier de son clan, déchu pour avoir osé s'opposer à la Conquête, et Kuni Garu, un voyou charmeur et beau parleur qui s'apprête à embrasser une existence bien supérieure à ses ambitions les plus secrètes. Sauront-ils surmonter les défis qui les attendent pour accomplir leur destin sous la férule des dieux ?

The conclusion to Ken Liu's chronicle of the Dandelion Dynasty - one of the Greatest Fantasy Series of all Time (Time Magazine). Ukyu-Gondé. Stalked by foes and dogged by betrayal, Princess Théra is pursued across a continent vaster than she could ever have imagined, to the hidden valleys of the World's Edge Mountains, into the barrows and subterranean halls of the City of Ghosts, across the ice floes of the far north. She breached the Wall of Storms intent on taking war to the Lyucu homelands, but how do you conquer the unconquerable? Dara. Empress Jia, Prince Phyro and Pékyu Tanvanaki find themselves bound to paths they never would have chosen. Amid atrocity and subterfuge, they will discover that the Courage of Brutes is no substitute for the Grace of Kings, and that little separates the Grace of Kings from the Madness of Tyrants. On both sides of the Wall of Storms, defeat's bitter tears mix with the fruits of knowledge new and ancient as two empires bound by blood and bone, by writ and iron, by time and custom, face a whirlwind that threatens to utterly consume them. The teeth, as they say, are on the board.

Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge and, with human science advancing and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations can co-exist peacefully…

Kuni Garu, now Emperor of Dara, confronts the challenges of supreme power: both from within and without.

A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories by Ken Liu.

The epic story of the Dandelion Dynasty continues in the third book in the series.

This beautifully illustrated book showcases 100 paintings from the vast collections of the National Trust - one of the largest and most significant holdings of fine art in the world

"Madeleine L'Engle once said, 'When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe'. The Mythic Dream gathers together eighteen stories that reclaim the myths that shaped our collective past, and use them to explore our present and future. From Hades and Persephone to Kali, from Loki to Inanna, this anthology explores retellings of myths across cultures and civilizations."--Provided by publisher

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredicatable interaction of its three suns. This is the Three-Body Problem and it is the key to everything: the key to the scientists' deaths, the key to a conspiracy that spans light-years and the key to the extinction-level threat humanity now faces.

A cutting-edge anthology, published on the 100th anniversary of the word Robot, exploring the impact it has had on the world.