R.F. Kuang Collection 3 Books Set (Katabasis, Babel and Yellowface)

R. F. Kuang Collection 3 Books Set brings together Katabasis, Babel and Yellowface by R. F. Kuang. This three-book set includes one hardback and two paperbacks.

Included titles

• Katabasis
• Babel
• Yellowface

Key details

• Three-book collection by R. F. Kuang
• Katabasis in hardback
• Babel in paperback
• Yellowface in paperback

Synopses

Katabasis

Defined as a hero’s descent to the underworld, “katabasis” frames a story set in a version of Hell where the rules run counter to expectation. Graduate student Alice Law is determined to become the brightest mind in analytic magick, but the person she needs to achieve that goal is dead and, inconveniently, in Hell. With her rival Peter Murdoch, she sets out after him, forced into uneasy collaboration if they are to make it out alive.

Babel

Oxford, 1836: a city presented as the centre of knowledge and progress, with the Royal Institute of Translation at its heart. Known as Babel, it is the tower through which the Empire’s power flows. For Robin Swift, orphaned in Canton and brought to England by a mysterious guardian, Babel first appears as paradise before revealing itself as a prison, raising the question of whether a student can stand against an empire.

Yellowface

After failed writer June Hayward witnesses her rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she seizes what she sees as her chance. She takes Athena’s final manuscript and begins “borrowing” her identity, with one lie leading to another as fame follows. As the risk of exposure grows, the story turns on who is blamed for what comes next.

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