Kingdom of Copper

How it reads

Kingdom of Copper is fantasy (political epic fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in an invented world, in the historical past, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are power and politics, identity and family. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 400 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.