A darkly funny literary thriller from the New York Times bestselling author. The new book from the no. 1 New York Times and no. 2 Sunday Times bestselling author R.F. Kuang One of TIME’s most anticipated books of 2023 ‘Razor-sharp’ TIME ‘A remarkable and incendiary novel’ WIZ WHARTON ‘Incredibly, brilliantly entertaining… What a treat’ CHARLOTTE PHILBY Athena Liu is a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. White lies When Athena dies in a freak accident, June steals her unpublished manuscript and publishes it as her own under the ambiguous name Juniper Song. Dark humour But as evidence threatens June’s stolen success, she will discover exactly how far she will go to keep what she thinks she deserves. Deadly consequences… What happens next is entirely everyone else’s fault.