Jade City

""Jade City has it all: a beautifully realized setting, a great cast of characters, and dramatic action scenes. What a fun, gripping read!""--Ann Leckie, author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Award winning novel Ancillary Justice ""Jade City is an instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats.""--NPR ""An atmospheric, gritty noir tale of family loyalties, martial arts and power struggles in a city that feels so real it becomes a character in its own right. Jade City is epic drama writ large.""--Aliette de Bodard, winner of the Nebula, Locus, and British Science Fiction Awards ""As this ambitious and complex story unfolds, Lee (Exo) skillfully juggles a huge cast. Her action scenes are flashy, brutal, and cinematic, while the family dynamics hold their own weight and significance. This is an engaging blend of crime drama and Asian martial arts film tropes.... an intense, satisfying experience.""--Publishers Weekly ""Dynamic fight scenes and vibrant world-building bring to life this sharp, memorable story of a family caught up in a ferocious gang war.""--Kate Elliott, author of Unconquerable Sun ""Fast cars, brilliant characters, and gangster kung-fu! Swift, intricate, and vicious as a talon knife, Fonda Lee's Jade City will pull you into a world of deft intrigue, hard choices, and bloody loyalty. Lee's written the postcolonial Godfather hiding under the surface of the Avatar: the Last Airbender universe -- and it's a fantastic read.""--Max Gladstone, Hugo Award-nominated author of the Craft Sequence ""How does a book make me giddy and heartbroken at the same time? Jade City delivers intrigue, family drama, and martial arts magic that feels absolutely real.""--Mary Robinette Kowal, author of the Lady Astronaut duology ""If you like extremely tense political maneuvering and intrigue, you will love Jade City. Fonda Lee is the new Mario Puzo; Jade City has officially dethroned The Godfather.""--Sarah Gailey, Hugo and Campbell Award finalist ""Intricate, fast-moving, and brazen, Jade City elevates the fantasy crime novel to something really special. A sharp and insightful new voice.""--Elizabeth Bear, winner of the Hugo and Locus Awards ""Lee draws on her Chinese heritage, passion for gangster stories, and strong writing to launch a Godfather-inspired fantasy series that mixes bold martial-arts action and vivid worldbuilding. The result is terrific.""--Library Journal (Pick of the Month, starred review) ""Lee's astute worldbuilding raises the stakes for her vivid and tautly-described action scenes."" Scott Lynch, New York Times-bestselling author of The Lies of Locke Lamora ""Stylish and action-packed, full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is an epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book.""--Ken Liu, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards ""With a powerful family of complex characters -- including my favorite, Kaul Shaelinsan -- Jade City beckons readers to secret family meetings and public battles between warring clans. With magical jade at stake, winning the battle for control of a city has never been more important, or more dangerous. Fonda Lee's first adult novel is a fast-hitting, tantalizing, sometimes unsettling, and always insightful book with a wealth of power at its core. A modern-day epic.""--Fran Wilde, award-winning author of Updraft, Cloudbound, and Horizon