Katabasis: 2025’s INSTANT No.1 SUNDAY TIMES best-seller from the author of YELLOWFACE

Author: R.F. Kuang

ISBN: 978-0008773854

Price: Rs. 1259.10 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition

Book Overview

About This BookPrepare for one hell of a journey…'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE'[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE'I devoured it' REDKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have to work together.That’s if they can agree on anything.Will they triumph, or kill each other trying?2025’s most unexpected love story is going to be hell in the new No.1 Sunday Times bestselling novel by R.F. Kuang.'Literary super-stardom doesn't seem too far out of her reach' THE HERALD‘Mind-bending fantasy’ GRAZIA Read moreBook DetailsAuthor: R.F. KuangPublisher: ‎ HarperVoyager; Special Deluxe edition (26 August 2025)Format: Hardcover – Special Edition, 26 August 2025Language: ‎ EnglishPages: 560ISBN: ‎ 978-0008773854Dimensions: ‎ 15.9 x 3.8 x 24 cmWeight: ‎ 650 g

Browse this title within our Fiction & Bestsellers collection. Edition details: Hardcover – Special Edition, 26 August 2025, English, 560 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-0008773854.

About the Author

R.F Kuang is the author of The Poppy War Trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, and Yellowface. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, and British Book Awards. She is pursuing a PhD in East Asian Language and Literature at Yale.

Why Readers Pick This Edition

• You’ll love Katabasis if you crave fantasy that’s as brainy as it is bold. R.F. Kuang blends dark academia, myth, and razor-sharp rivalry into a spellbinding descent through Hell that feels both epic and intimate. The magic system is clever, the banter crackles, and the emotional payoff sneaks up on you. As a premium, No.1 Sunday Times bestseller, it’s the kind of book you savor, then proudly keep on your shelf.
• Published by HarperVoyager.
• Language: English.
• Page count: 560.

Catalog Description

About This BookPrepare for one hell of a journey…'A big, bold fantasy romp' GUARDIAN'R.F. Kuang is making magic' ELLE'[A] truly original and spellbinding hero's-journey story' VOGUE'I devoured it' REDKatabasis, noun, Ancient Greek. The story of a hero's descent to the underworld.Grad student Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become the brightest mind in the field of analytic magick.But the only person who can make her dream come true is dead and – inconveniently – in Hell. And Alice, along with her biggest rival Peter Murdoch, is going after him.But Hell is not as the philosophers claim, its rules are upside-down, and if she’s going to get out of there alive, she and Peter will have...

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