The Traitor Baru Cormorant

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"Baru Cormorant believes any price is worth paying to liberate her people--even her soul. When the Empire of Masks conquers her island home, overwrites her culture, criminalizes her customs, and murders one of her fathers, Baru vows to swallow her hate, join the Empire's civil service, and claw her way high enough to set her people free. Sent as an Imperial agent to distant Aurdwynn, another conquered country, Baru discovers it's on the brink of rebellion. Drawn by the intriguing duchess Tain Hu into a circle of seditious dukes, Baru may be able to use her position to help. As she pursues a precarious balance between the rebels and a shadowy cabal within the Empire, she orchestrates a do-or-die gambit with freedom as the prize. But the cost of winning the long game of saving her people may be far greater than Baru imagines"-- Provided by publisher.

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So Good! submitted by ashflowtuff on August 30, 2017, 9:07am This book was so good! So many layers, good, complex characters, and a great ending. I highly recommend it.

Fantasy that explores morality, psychology, AND economic policy?!?! submitted by kpanova1203 on July 27, 2019, 2:58pm I am so excited for you to read this book for the first time. It is set in a fantasy land but its exploration of the mind, its formation, and the channeling of one's gifts for better or worse is utterly un-alien. This book explores the long-term effects of an ideology on the individual and the slow insidious change which justifies acts named utilitarian. The relationships which are explored are developed tactically and it is utterly captivating to read the mental processes which click and shift into place that lead to the particulars in interaction and decision-making! It is not a fluffy or junk-food-read which demands the reader's attention and analysis from the very beginning.