Jade City

This book might be part of the Green Bone Saga series.

Magical jade — mined, traded, stolen, and killed for — is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. For centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion.

Now the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing …

Hardcover, 498 pages

English language

Published Aug. 18, 2017

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ISBN:
978-0-316-44086-8
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Subjects
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • urban fantasy
  • science fiction

Reviews

reviewed Jade City by Fonda Lee (Green Bone Saga, #1)

Not sad I read it, but I'll probably stop here.

Overall this book felt very conventional to me. Not quite cliched, but following well trodden paths. Some of the characters have the potential to stretch the crime family framing, but they didn't really in this volume of the self described "saga".

I should confess that I would (and have) happily watch a TV show like this, but somehow my expectations for a book are a bit higher these days.