Michael Barnes
Having just finished this author's recent and amazing 'Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng' I was worried that this tale would suffer in comparison I was pleased to find it was just as engaging for me. Kylie Lee Baker has joined R.F.Kuang as an author who works I will priorities reading.
The Scarlet Alchemist ticked all the right boxes for me
- Set in an alternative Tang Dynasty China
- Rich chemical/alchemical lore
- Class consciousness where the rich can live forever consuming alchemical gold and the poor can't ( and of course are consumed to make it)
- and 100 year old ethereal, cunning Wu Zetian fast becoming a favouite of mine for stories (see Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao)
This is the first in a duology and I can not wait to dive into the next The Blood Orchid.
Having just finished this author's recent and amazing 'Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng' I was worried that this tale would suffer in comparison I was pleased to find it was just as engaging for me. Kylie Lee Baker has joined R.F.Kuang as an author who works I will priorities reading.
The Scarlet Alchemist ticked all the right boxes for me
- Set in an alternative Tang Dynasty China
- Rich chemical/alchemical lore
- Class consciousness where the rich can live forever consuming alchemical gold and the poor can't ( and of course are consumed to make it)
- and 100 year old ethereal, cunning Wu Zetian fast becoming a favouite of mine for stories (see Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao)
This is the first in a duology and I can not wait to dive into the next The Blood Orchid.