The main narrative in The Grace of Kings centers around two main characters: The Dandelion, Kuni Garu (based on Liu Bang), and Mata Zyndu (based on Xiang Yu), the Crysanthemum. “There’s never going to be an end to suffering if ‘he deserves it’ is all the justification people need for inflicting pain.” And in the attainment of power, the more power you have, the more power corrupts and wields you. It displayed the cost and effect of love, friendship, loyalty, betrayals, war, and ambition as raw as possible. It depicted brutal results inflicted by the clash of ideals. Spanning decades of story, The Grace of Kings is complex and epic in scope. I went into this book as blind as possible, and after I finished it, I did some research, and Ken Liu admitted several times that The Grace of Kings is an epic fantasy reimagining of the founding of the Han Dynasty and the Chu Han Contention. Honestly, it didn’t dawn on me that Liu replicated the exact events of the Chu Han contention until I was near the end of the book. My historical knowledge about the founding of the Han Dynasty or the Chu Han Contention is rusty now, but there’s no disputing that this novel is deeply inspired by it. I haven’t read the rest of the series, and things could change starting from The Wall of Storms, but it is not far-fetched to call The Grace of Kings a historical fiction/fantasy novel. The Grace of Kings is the first book in The Dandelion Dynasty quartet by Ken Liu. The grace of kings is not the same as the morals governing individuals.” “A knife is not malicious merely because it is sharp, and a plot is not evil merely because it is effective.
And now, I am pleased to say The Grace of Kings, Ken Liu's ambitious debut novel, is worth the wait.
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I have wanted to start reading this series for five years, and I own the hardcovers of both the US and UK editions of the series so far. Yes, The Dandelion Dynasty by Ken Liu has been in my TBR pile since 2017.
The fourth and final book of the series kept getting delayed by another year until 2022. Since 2017, I kept on thinking that the final book of the series will be released the year after, and nope. Even though I knew I would enjoy it based on how much I enjoyed Ken Liu’s collection of short stories: The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories. It is why I postponed reading this series for so long. This way, I can retain all the necessary details, and I have a bigger chance of better reading experience. I wanted to read this series to its completion by reading them closer to each other. This series has received the same treatment as The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington, which I've read and loved now. When I look back, I am surprised by how fast time moved. “Read a lot of books and try a lot of recipes…When you learn enough about the world, even a blade of grass can be a weapon.” Ken Liu’s reimagining of the birth of China’s Han Dynasty is nothing short of epic, complex, thrilling, and heartbreaking. “Read a lot of books and try a lot of recipes…When you learn enough about the world, even a blade of grass can be a weapon.” Let’s start with a bit of background.
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