![]() ![]() but these skills are divided by nations and race, much like Avatar: the Last Airbender/Legend of Korra. The magic system is basically themed around the control of elements like water, fire, wind, etc. Readers of Theonite, whatever their background, are intended to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes. As the author herself put it in an interview, Kuang’s The Poppy War-except in this case, China (the Ranganese) is the aggressor. ![]() The war story that this book is obviously drawing from is the Second Sino-Japanese War-like R. And more importantly to this book, Japan (Shirojima) is actually a vassal state of Korea (Jungsan), which together, form the Kaigen empire. I was quite disoriented at first but what I quickly learned is that the world that The Sword of Kaigen is set in is a world similar to our own but West Africans (the Yammankalu) won the civilisation lottery, dominating the globe and colonising Europeans (Hadeans). Wang’s Theonite sci-fi series, and all I knew about it going in is that it is a war story (as it says on the front cover) The Sword of Kaigen is a fantasy standalone book set in M. I have never read a self-published book before and when I asked for recommendations in this sub, this one title floated above the rest. ![]()
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