The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)

by R.F. Kuang

The Phoenix could not help what it craved; it was an agent of destruction, and it needed an avatar. Rin could give it one. Don’t, cried the ghost of Mai’rinnen Tearza. “Do it,” Rin whispered. “Your will is mine,” said the Phoenix.

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