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  • ForRobin,Oxfordisautopiadedicatedtothepursuit
    ofknowledge.Butknowledgeobeyspower,andasa
    ChineseboyraisedinBritain,RobinrealizesservingBabel
    meansbetrayinghismotherland.Ashisstudiesprogress,Robin
    findshimselfcaughtbetweenBabelandtheshadowyHermes
    Society,anorganizationdedicatedtostoppingimperialexpansion.When
    BritainpursuesanunjustwarwithChinaoversilver
    andopium,Robinmustdecide…
    Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
  • WhenRinacedtheKeju—theEmpire-widetesttofindthe
    mosttalentedyouthtolearnattheAcademies—itwas
    ashocktoeveryone:tothetestofficials,who
    couldn’tbelieveawarorphanfromRoosterProvincecould
    passwithoutcheating;toRin’sguardians,whobelievedthey’d
    finallybeabletomarryheroffandfurther
    theircriminalenterprise;andtoRinherself,whorealized
    shewasfinallyfreeoftheservitudeanddespair
    thathadmadeupherdailyexistence.Thatshe
    gotintoSinegard—themostelitemilitaryschoolinNikan—was
    evenmoresurprising.Butsurprisesaren’talwaysgood.
    The Poppy War