Reviews
“A lovely, intricate gem of a fairy tale about finding yourself in another person and traveling distant lands to finally come home. I loved it.”—Olivie Blake, New York Times bestselling author of The Atlas Six
“A brisk and satisfying tale full of love, hope, and yearning.”—Publishers Weekly
“Beautifully written and brimming with lush detail, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is the sapphic lady knight story of my dreams. A perfectly satisfying tale of knights, dragons, duty, and finding your way home.”—M. Stevenson, author of Behooved
“Yang’s emotion-laden novella will be a hit with fans of dragons and slow-burn romantasy. Readers of Aliette de Bodard and the “Singing Hills Cycle” series by Nghi Vo will especially enjoy Yang’s prose.”—Library Journal, STARRED review
“Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame is a beautiful story of reclaiming one’s heritage to arrive at a new, unimagined place. At times exciting and at times measured, it has both a fast pace and deep characters.”—Sung-il Kim, author of Blood of the Old Kings
“Yang presents readers with a folklore-inspired tale complete with queer love and a coming-of-age story. . . [a] lush, mythological novella.”—Booklist
PRAISE FOR THE TENSORATE SERIES
“Joyously wild stuff. Highly recommended.”—The New York Times
“Yang captures an epic sweep in compact, precise prose.”—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review
“A fantastic novella . . . I can’t wait to see what else Yang will do.”—Locus
“Full of love and loss, confrontation and discovery. Each moment is a glistening pearl, all strung together in a wonder of world-creation.”—Ken Liu, Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Award winning author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie
“I love Neon Yang’s effortlessly fascinating world-building.”—Kate Elliott, author of Black Wolves and Court of Fives
“A fascinating world of battles, politics, magic and romance.”—Zen Cho, author of Sorcerer to the Crown
“Filled with memorable characters and set in a wonderfully imaginative and original universe.”—Aliette de Bodard, Nebula Award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings
“Like a Miyazaki movie decided to jump off the screen and sear itself into prose, and in doing so became something entirely new.”—Indrapramit Das, author of The Devourers
“Relentlessly captivating, heartbreaking, and powerful.”—Fran Wilde, award-winning author of Updraft, Cloudbound, and Horizon
