The Poppy War

Name: The Poppy War
Author: R. F. Kuang
ISBN: 9780008239824

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The Poppy War won the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018. Rin is a war orphan. Her only key to escape from an oppressive orphanage, where she is forced to work, is to pass the empire's most competitive military academy entrance exam—and she has no one in the world who believes she'll succeed. But on the day of the test, something awakens inside her. Rin finds herself able to summon dragon fire—a powerful, devastating, and deadly ability that hasn't been seen for hundreds of years. Rin's problems, however, are far from over. Just as she forge her way into the Academy, the empire is at war with the neighboring state of Nikan, and this new power is quickly swallowed up by the machinery of the military-industrial complex. As Rin trains to become the most powerful fire shamans of her country, she discovers the institutional barriers arrayed against her are not the only obstacles she'll face. The gods, demons, and conflicts of her shamanic powers will all present challenges that will test her both as a soldier and as a human being.

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