Jade War

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Better Than Jade. Before they were married, Kaul Hilo and Maik Wen were a young couple facing long odds: the son of a top Green Bone clan in love with a stone-eye girl from a disreputable family. An instantly absorbing tale of blood, honor, family, and magic, spiced with unexpectedly tender character beats." — NPR Imagine an alternate world with me for a moment — one where Mario Puzo's The Godfather didn't define crime drama for half a century, where mob stories and their relentless imitators didn't hog all the oxygen in the market. Imagine a clean slate. A place of no comparisons and no rules. Fantasy Counterpart Culture: While Kekon is not inspired by any one Asian country, the foreign powers in the setting do closely resemble some real world inspirations:

I'm going to attempt a summary of Lee's invigorating new novel, even if I suspect no summary can do justice to the rip-roaring complexity of the plot: Lee has upped her game in this novel, with deeper, more nail-biting intrigue and stunning, heart-pumping action scenes. Her character development is pitch-perfect."― Booklist The stereotype about the Espenians is that their first instinct to solve any problem is to buy their way out. If 'The Godfather' never was, 'Jade War' (and 'Jade City') would be how we define generational organized crime stories today. The Chains of Commanding: Lan, who feels that he must live up to the standards set by his father and grandfather.

This novel provides examples of:

Proud Warrior Race: Kekonese Green Bones who believe themselves superior to any other ethnicity due to their jade-granted powers, seeing it as a mark of divine favor.

objectively, there is a lot of good stuff here, which is why its getting so much attention, but i personally just couldnt connect to the story and im most likely not going to continue the series. Supernatural Martial Arts: Jade grants the Green Bones superhuman abilities, which can only be safely used by people with the right combination of genetic predisposition and intense training in the six disciplines of Strength, Steel, Perception, Lightness, Deflection and Channeling. People are born selfish; babies are the most selfish creatures, even though they’re helpless and wouldn’t survive a day on their own. Growing up and losing that selfishness—that’s what civilization is, that’s what sets us above beasts. If someone harms my brother, they harm me—that’s what our clan oaths are about. Those men weren’t your enemies—they were our enemies.” People were people. The power of jade didn’t make them better or closer to godliness; it just made them more powerful” Cold Sniper: Jade Legacy includes a Green Bone sniper who uses his extremely good Perception power to shoot people without sights and through walls.

Jade City is a 2017 gangster fantasy novel by Fonda Lee. It won the World Fantasy Award in 2018 and is the first in the Green Bone Saga trilogy, followed by Jade War and Jade Legacy. Arranged Marriage: Jade Legacy reveals Kaul Sen was planning to force Shae into one. note Hilo disapproved, and so contrived to murder her suitor. At its heart Jade War is about the choices people make. It’s about personal morality and what happens when that clashes with the bonds of family and loyalty, it’s about acting under pressure and doing what needs to be done, it’s about trying to find the ‘right’ way forward even knowing there will be consequences. And trust me, there are.