The Sword of Kaigen
by M. L. Wang · first published 2019
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On a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.’ Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru
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…and some of my favorite series are: * Cradle by Will Wight * Arcane Ascension by Andrew Rowe * Heartstrikers by Rachel Aaron * Worm by Wildbow (I'm counting webserials as self published too) * The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/cwz83u/the_rfantas... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/7lib3d/what_are_so...
on “Number of Self-Published Titles Jumped 40% in 2018” ↗I mostly read fantasy books and this year I got Kindle Unlimited subscription and checked out a lot of self published books. Top 3 among them would be: * The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang * Cradle by Will Wight * Arcance Ascension by Andrew Rowe
on “Ask HN: What book(s) had the most impact for you in 2019?” ↗* "The Sword of Kaigen" by M.L. Wang * "The Green Bone Saga" by Fonda Lee * "The Weirkey Chronicles" and "Street Cultivation" by Sarah Lin See also: * Middle East/Middle Eastern SFF: https://old.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/128ozc6/the_2023_r...…
on “Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors?” ↗…them super powers, which they use to enforce control over the island. Very political and violent. Trilogy is complete and the first book is JADE CITY! - For a standalone novel, check out M.L. Wang's SWORD OF KAIGEN, which is another secondary world fantasy following a Japanese-inspired honorable patriarchal society that more or less refuses to modernize with the rest of the world, but this island is the first line…
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