Exclusive Edition with bonus first chapter of R. F. Kuang’s new novel

JUNE IS GOOD AT TELLING STORIES.
BUT SHE’S GREAT AT TELLING LIES…

When failed writer June Hayward witnesses her literary rival Athena Liu die in a freak accident, she sees her opportunity… and takes it.

So what if it means stealing Athena’s final manuscript?

So what if it means ‘borrowing’ her identity?

And so what if the first lie is only the beginning…

Catapulted to overnight success and with the whole world watching, how far will June go to protect her new life?