Book Bites: R.F. Kuang and The Poppy War

Book Bites is Cooking the Books‘ more easygoing cousin. Authors talk about their book and share a recipe, all in one tasty bite. 

R.F. Kuang is one of the nicest people to write about opium and implements of destruction I know. Her book, The Poppy War, comes out today!! (May 1) from Harper Voyager, and is the first installment in a Chinese-history inspired epic fantasy trilogy about empire, warfare, shamanism, and opium. War orphan Runin Fang gets out of an arranged marriage by testing into t...