Phoenix Extravagant, Yoon Ha Lee
Phoenix Extravagant, Yoon Ha Lee
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Phoenix Extravagant

Author: Yoon Ha Lee

Narrator: Emily Woo Zeller

Unabridged: 10 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/20/2020


Synopsis

Gyen Jebi isn’t a fighter or a subversive. Just an artist.
One day they’re jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the
mystical sigils that animate the occupying government’s automaton soldiers.
But when Jebi discovers the depths of the Razanei government’s horrifying crimes—and the awful source of the
magical pigments they use—they find they can no longer stay out of politics.
What they can do is steal Arazi, the ministry’s mighty dragon automaton, and find a way to fight …

About Yoon Ha Lee

Yoon Ha Lee is the author of several critically acclaimed short stories and Locus Award–winning novels of the Machineries of Empire trilogy. He draws inspiration from a variety of sources, e.g. Korean history and mythology, fairy tales, higher mathematics, classic moral dilemmas, and genre fiction.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley

See that dragon on the cover? Yep. It definitely stole the show. As for the story, I think I want to classify this as a silkpunk tale feeling quite like the Korean-Japanese occupation, with automatons, a simple magic system, and an overarching theme of rebellion. The main character wasn't one I really......more

4.0 Stars Video Review: [URL not allowed] I  basically loved every aspect of this novel. As a rare standalone in the fantasy genre, this book held a wonderful complete, satisfying story.  I almost felt it could have been longer, but mostly because I enjoyed it so much that I would have love......more

I badly wanted Phoenix Extravagant to be an awesome dragon fantasy but unfortunately it just isn't. Despite a few bright spots like a nonbinary main character, it’s hard to recommend it. The bits of quality writing and world buildup that make up the core of it are overwhelmingly obscured by flat cha......more