The Dragon Republic

How it reads

The Dragon Republic is fantasy (grimdark military fantasy, specifically), and its dominant mood is dark. It goes to difficult places and doesn't look away. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in an invented world, in the historical past, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are war, power and politics and survival. In weight it's heavy and literary — denser, more serious, and more demanding of you.

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. It's a long book, and a real commitment. It's well known, the kind of book most keen readers have heard of.