Apa yang ingin disampaikan oleh gadis itu? Gadis itu mati. Ketua Klub Sastra, Shiraishi Itsumi, mati. Di tangannya ada setangkai bunga lily. Pembunuhan? Bunuh diri? Tidak ada yang tahu. Satu dari enam gadis anggota Klub Sastra digosipkan sebagai pembunuh gadis cantik berkarisma itu. Seminggu sesudahnya, Klub Sastra mengadakan pertemuan. Mereka ingin mengenang mantan ketua mereka dengan sebuah cerita pendek. Namun ternyata, cerita pendek yang mereka buat adalah analisis masing-masing tentang siapa pembunuh yang sebenarnya. Keenam gadis itu bergantian membaca analisis mereka, tapi.... Kau... pernah berpikir ingin membunuh seseorang?

Apa yang ingin disampaikan oleh gadis itu? Gadis itu mati. Ketua Klub Sastra, Shiraishi Itsumi, mati. Di tangannya ada setangkai bunga lily. Pembunuhan? Bunuh diri? Tidak ada yang tahu. Satu dari enam gadis anggota Klub Sastra digosipkan sebagai pembunuh gadis cantik berkarisma itu. Seminggu sesudahnya, Klub Sastra mengadakan pertemuan. Mereka ingin mengenang mantan ketua mereka dengan sebuah cerita pendek. Namun ternyata, cerita pendek yang mereka buat adalah analisis masing-masing tentang siapa pembunuh yang sebenarnya. Keenam gadis itu bergantian membaca analisis mereka, tapi.... Kau... pernah berpikir ingin membunuh seseorang?

Buku ini terbagi atas enam bagian yang diceritakan dalam kronologi terbalik—masing-masing berisi kasus penting dalam karier Kwan dan terjadi di tengah momen penting sejarah Hong Kong: Pemberontakan Kelompok Kiri tahun 1967 ketika teror bom mengancam penduduk Hong Kong; konflik antara Polisi Hong Kong dan Komisi Independen Anti Korupsi Hong Kong tahun 1977; Pembantaian Tiananmen tahun 1989; Serah-Terima Kekuasaan tahun 1997; dan Hong Kong pada tahun 2013 saat Kwan diminta menyelesaikan kasus terakhirnya ketika dia sedang terbaring koma di rumah sakit.

My friend is missing. When he disappeared, he’d been working on a magazine about the paranormal—his first real job as an editor. With almost no budget, he’d resorted to digging through back issues and unused research material, looking for inspiration. As he did, a terrifying truth began to emerge about a certain place in the Kinki region. I have collected the relevant articles, interviews, and other materials in this book. And once you have understood everything, I would like to ask for your cooperation. I hope you will get in touch.

A love worth fighting for. A dream worth dying for. An ending worth waiting for. It’s been two months since the Fates were freed from a deck of cards, two months since Legend claimed the throne for his own, and two months since Tella discovered the boy she fell in love with doesn’t really exist. With lives, empires, and hearts hanging in the balance, Tella must decide if she’s going to trust Legend or a former enemy. After uncovering a secret that upends her life, Scarlett will need to do the impossible. And Legend has a choice to make that will forever change and define him. Caraval is over, but perhaps the greatest game of all has begun. There are no spectators this time—only those who will win, and those who will lose everything. Welcome, welcome to Finale . . . all games must come to an end.

France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.

From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell in this unforgettable work of dark academia that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. The unique magic system of silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, a secret society dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?

In the aftermath of the Third Poppy War, shaman and warrior Rin is on the run: haunted by the atrocity she committed to end the war, addicted to opium, and hiding from the murderous commands of her vengeful god, the fiery Phoenix. Her only reason for living is to get revenge on the traitorous Empress who sold out Nikan to their enemies. With no other options, Rin joins forces with the powerful Dragon Warlord, who has a plan to conquer Nikan, unseat the Empress, and create a new Republic. Rin throws herself into his war. After all, making war is all she knows how to do. But the Empress is a more powerful foe than she appears, and the Dragon Warlord’s motivations are not as democratic as they seem. The more Rin learns, the more she fears her love for Nikan will drive her away from every ally and lead her to rely more and more on the Phoenix’s deadly power. Because there is nothing she won’t sacrifice for her country and her vengeance The sequel to R.F. Kuang’s acclaimed debut THE POPPY WAR, THE DRAGON REPUBLIC combines the history of 20th-century China with a gripping world of gods and monsters, to devastating effect.