Katabasis Deluxe Limited Edition – A lot of saved in RF Kuang's new fantasy novel
Blog Andrew Joseph 25 Aug , 2025 0

Nebula Award Winning Writer RF Cook This week's new fantasy novel returns. publicity Dante's Hell and Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeKatabasis is a 560-page novel that takes place in a magic university and underworld. The highly anticipated independent novel release August 26publisher Harper Voyager is commemorating the release with a gorgeous collection of hardcover books. Katabasis Deluxe Limited Edition $24.48 ($35) available on Amazon, Walmart.
After the first print of Katabasis, readers will have to settle for the Standard Edition, which means you will miss out on the edges of the eye-catching spray page, luxurious boxes and illustrations for the end paper. Considering that Amazon now has Standard version of the store page– Only two dollars for money – the luxury limited edition may be close to being sold out.
Check out the luxury limited edition of Katabasis below. Kuang's fans Poppy Battle Trilogy You should also check Amazon discounts on Amazon New Deluxe Collector Edition In the first two novels in the series
Version of RF Kuang Collector:
$24.48 ($35) | Published on August 26
RF Kuang's latest fantasy novel revolves around a pair of PhD students, Alice Law and Peter Murdoch, who study magicians at the fictional University of Cambridge. Alice blamed herself when their academic advisor Professor Jacob Grimes died in what sounded like a classroom. She couldn't stand that guy, but as the best magician living person, Jacob's recommendation letter could begin in the magician's career. And he did not write a letter of recommendation before his outdated death.
Alice and Peter are described as academic rivals and risk their lives in an attempt to save their future, while Jacob happens to be Word hell. So, this pair of smart, aspiring magicians went to the depths of hell. However, all their training was not prepared for their actual situation.
The title comes from Greek mythology, which calls it “hell” is katabasis. The publisher calls katabasis “the most unexpected love story of 2025” in case you want to know if this is the situation where the enemy turns into a situation. Although it has been read to some extent and it does indeed subvert your expectations.
The 560-page luxury limited edition hardcover has decorative spray-painted edges, including the Academy and the Underworld. Dust-proof jacket artwork shows Alice and Peter surrounding the winding staircase along the bookshelf. The embossed front cover also depicts a 3D representation of their journey as you remove the dust cover. The Deluxe Limited Edition also has exclusive end paper, designed to resemble pages on Alice's notebook, with equations, tables and charts.
Deluxe limited edition signature copy Available at Barnes & Noble for $35, but it's sold out now.
Katabasis version of RF Kusang

Deluxe Limited Edition is suitable for the U.S. market, but Harper Voyager has also printed another collectible hardcover book in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. A big fan of Kuang’s work can import international limited editions from British bookstores such as Waterstones, although shipping costs and potential tariffs can be rough – or Purchase a copy from a US dealer On Amazon, the price is about $50.
The printed version of the large katabasis is available in paperback. The UK version is about half the price and American large printing version.
kataaplan can also be used as $15 Kindle eBook and Audible audiobooks Telled by Morag Sims and Will Watt.

- Poppy Battle Trilogy Box Set – $32.49 (
$60) - Poppy War: Book 1 (2018)
- Dragon Republic: Book 2 (2019)
- The Burning God: Book 3 (2020)
- Bebe: Or the Necessity of Violence (2022)
- Yellow face (2023)
Kuang is one of the most prolific and successful young writers in today's novels. Although he was only 29 years old earlier this year, Katabasis is Kuang's sixth novel. In 2018, Harper Voyager published Kong's first novel. Poppy Warwhen she was 22 – but when she signed the contract, she was only 20. In the Samurai-style Historical Fantasy Trilogy, the first is in the fictional version of the Aboriginal China of Kuang, followed by the Poppy War Dragon Republic In 2019 and The Burning God 2020. The award-winning series comes in a variety of physical formats, including Budget-friendly paper packhardcover and trade paperback.
Last November, Harper published Poppy Wars Deluxe Collection Edition With sprayed edges, illustration end paper, embossed visuals and a fully illustrated dust cover. The Poppy Wars Collection hardcover book is discounted on Amazon at $24.29 ($45). Dragon Republic Deluxe Collection Edition Release in June, for sale for $26 ($45). Although not confirmed yet, we imagine that the Burning God will receive a matching collector’s edition for next year.
After completing the trilogy, Kuang transfers the gears into the speculative novel Babel says: or the necessity of violence: The mysterious history of the Oxford Translation Revolution. Yes, it's a long title. Babel is a fascinating alternative history that revolves around academia, like Katabasis. It won the 2022 Nebula Best Novel Award.
Kuang's 2023 novel has changed its genre again Yellow face. The purpose of satirical novels is to publish racial diversity. If you like audiobooks, Helen Laser's yellow-faced narrative is very interesting.
August brings many other notable new fantasy and science fiction novels, including Charlie Jane Anders Lessons from magic and disasterGareth Brown's Agnostic society of objectsLouis Sachar The magician of Tiger Castleand Yasuhiko Nishizawa A man who died seven times.