The Dragon Republic

The Poppy War #2

The war is finished.
And yet, it’s only beginning.

Nikan has survived three devastating Poppy Wars, and though the latest conflict has barely cooled, shaman-soldier Rin is haunted by the massacre she unleashed to save her nation. Burdened by guilt, chained to her opium dependence, and hounded by the relentless demands of the Phoenix—the ruthless god whose fire fuels her power—Rin flees both her enemies and herself.

She no longer cares to live, but she refuses to die before destroying the Empress who betrayed Nikan and delivered it into foreign hands. To exact that vengeance, Rin aligns with the Dragon Warlord, a rising power intent on overturning the Empress, claiming Nikan, and forging a new republic from its ashes.

But neither ally nor enemy is truly what they pretend to be. As Rin uncovers the truth behind their ambitions, she realizes her devotion to Nikan may drive her to call upon the Phoenix once again.

Because Rin will surrender anything—her soul, her sanity, her future—if it means saving her homeland…and avenging its ruin.