Phoenix Extravagant

by Yoon Ha Lee

Overview

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…

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781786183170
Publisher:	Rebellion Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	10/15/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
File size:	663 KB

About the Author

Yoon Ha Lee's novel Ninefox Gambit came out from Solaris in 2016 to massive critical acclaim and was short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke, Hugo and Nebula Awards. It won the Best First Novel Award in the Locus Awards and the Reddit Fantasy Award. His story collection Conservation of Shadows was released by Prime Books in 2013. He lives in Louisiana with his family and an extremely lazy cat, and has not yet been eaten by gators.

Yoon Ha Lee is a Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, and is pursuing an MFA in media composition and orchestration at ThinkSpace Education. His young adult mecha novel MOONSTORM is currently a finalist for the Ignyte Award (YA) and was a finalist for the Nebula Award (YA). Yoon’s novel NINEFOX GAMBIT won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, and Clarke awards. His TTRPG Ninefox Gambit RPG, co-authored with Marie Brennan, was a Nebula finalist in game writing. He has written comic scripts for Marvel (DOOM’S DIVISION #1-5 and “Epée Is Truth” in THE X-MEN: THE WEDDING SPECIAL #1).

Yoon’s hobbies include game design, art, and destroying the reader. He lives in Louisiana with his family, a 5-string viola, and a lazy catten, and has not yet been eaten by alto clefs.

Editorial Reviews

"A lovely fantasy that eschews epic sturm und drang for small-scale challenges, full of tenderness, brutality, and quotidian living." — Paul di Filippo, Locus Magazine

Locus Magazine - Paul di Filippo

"The emphasis on art and painting gives the writing a poetic quality, added to by the elements of magic and mythology, which shows the depth of Lee’s research with a deft hand." — The Nerd Daily

The Nerd Daily

"This is a story about the intersection between art and culture; it's about how art isn't frivolous but vital, especially in times of turmoil. A thought-provoking and very timely book." — SciFiNow

SciFiNow

"A gloriously imaginative silkpunk fantasy." — SFX

SFX

"Yoon’s story-telling is mesmeric." — Starburst Magazine

Starburst Magazine - Ed Fortune

"An elegant, eloquent novel, tense and full of incident." — Locus Magazine

Locus Magazine - Liz Bourke

A powerful, deeply moving book that is a wonderful read, without question one of the best of the year.” — Every Book a Doorway

Every Book a Doorway

An arresting tale of loyalty, identity, and the power of art... Lee’s masterful storytelling is sure to wow.

Publishers Weekly

"Phoenix Extravagant is a book containing ruminations on imperialism, the function and sanctity of art, acculturation, and the morality of love. It also contains a bloody big and unexpectedly adorable mechanical dragon." — Jonathan L. Howard

‘A story of art, love, human connection, the power of creation, colonialism, and the roles we all have to play in fighting oppression.’

From the Publisher

Named one of the best books of 2020 by Den of Geek.

Den of Geek

"A story of art, love, human connection, the power of creation, colonialism, and the roles we all have to play in fighting oppression."

Paul Weimer

An elegant, eloquent novel, tense and full of incident."

Locus

"Fiercely original."

Adrian Tchaikovsky

"Phoenix Extravagant is a book containing ruminations on imperialism, the function and sanctity of art, acculturation, and the morality of love. It also contains a bloody big and unexpectedly adorable mechanical dragon."

Jonathan L. Howard

"Powerful. Unforgettable. This is another amazing piece of work, and I have the feeling I need to read it again to get it fully!"

Stephen Baxter

"A smart, thought-provoking book, and one which feels incredibly timely."

SciFiNow 4 star review

Phoenix Extravagant marks a different way of looking at Empire and power and living within, under, and against that than Lee’s first novels, but no less a powerful one. A fantastic, brilliant undertaking.

Waterstones Bookseller’s Review

"Yoon’s story-telling is mesmeric."

Starburst Magazine

"A gloriously imaginative silkpunk fantasy."

SFX Magazine

"A gloriously imaginative silkpunk fantasy."

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