The No. 1 Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller from literary sensation R.F. Kuang *Foyle’s Fiction Book of the Year* *Amazon Book of the Year* *Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year* `Hard to put down, harder to forget’ STEPHEN KING ‘Ingenious, astute, hugely entertaining’ DAVID NICHOLLS `Breathtakingly clever on jealousy, talent, success, and who gets to tell which story’ ELIZABETH DAY ‘A great morality tale. I guarantee it will stay with you’ AFUA HIRSCH Athena Liu is a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. But when June just happens to witness Athena die in a freak accident, she realises now is her chance to find fame. So what if that means stealing her f