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The Black Company
Glen Cook
1984
The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang · 2018
544 pages
Rin, a war orphan from the impoverished south, tests into Sinegard, the empire's elite military academy, and discovers a shamanic power tied to the gods. When war with the Federation erupts she is forced to use it, and the cost turns out to be monstrous.
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Grimdark, Dark Fantasy, Morally Grey Character, Magic Academy, War Fiction, Coming of Age
Content warnings: mass violence
