Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, conspiring goddesses, underwater boats, magical books, as a streetfighter-cum-general who takes her place as the greatest tactitian of the age. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, they each find themselves the leader of separate factions—two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice.

刘宇昆（Ken Liu）

华裔科幻作家、《三体》《北京折叠》英文译者，是将中国科幻推向世界的引路人。

曾在哈佛大学主修英美文学，辅修计算机编程，毕业后又考取哈佛法学院，取得法学硕士学位，就职于波士顿一家大型法律事务所。

刘宇昆从小热爱科幻，自2002年发表作品以来，已获得雨果奖、星云奖、轨迹奖、银河奖、世界奇幻奖、法国科幻大奖、华语星云奖等多项科幻大奖。

《蒲公英王朝》为刘宇昆酝酿多年的鸿篇巨作，刘宇昆将东方古典美学与西方科学精神相结合，开创了“丝绸朋克”这一全新科幻概念。作品一经问世便被翻译成多种语言，被媒体评价为给传统奇幻史诗注入了现代、前卫的风格。