"Epic fantasy fans will enjoy this large-scale story of political strategy and skullduggery."
— Publishers Weekly
"Ken Liu's
The Grace of Kings [is] a magnificent fantasy epic. Liu is building a dynasty."
— NPR Books
"The epic fantasy genre can only be enriched by more novels drawing from non-Western traditions. Liu’s ambitious work expertly blends mythology, history, military tactics, and technological innovation (airships and submarines)."
— Kirkus Reviews
"
The Grace of Kings is an ambitious, astonishing, and sublime work, one that both exemplifies and diverges from what one might think of when it comes to epic fantasy. It should rank amongst the genre's best works."
— io9
"Liu’s combination of elements from China, Polynesia and beyond, told in an epic style, is the kind of Silk Road Fantasy that I’ve always wanted to read, and love all the more now that I have."
— SF Signal
"Told in Liu’s graceful, intelligent, and literate prose, the novel is a sumptuous Epic feast."
— SFF World
"The Grace of Kings is a fantasy, with petty meddling gods, odd mechanized inventions, and a sense that mystical powers lurk around the corner. It is nothing if not epic."
— Tor.com
"It surpasses
The Grace of Kings in every way, by every conceivable metric, and is—astonishingly—perfectly readable as a standalone."
— NPR Books
"Liu’s characters are a delight, the worldbuilding is unusual and impeccable, and the writing is smooth and luminous. This tale of divided loyalties, deadly ambition, and “silkpunk” technology delivers enough excitement and sense of wonder to enchant any fan of epic fantasy."
— Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
