Jade City

THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER

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Jade City

By: Fonda Lee

Narrated by: Andrew Kishino

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WINNER OF THE WORLD FANTASY AWARD 2018

'An epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but set in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well-imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book'
KEN LIU, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards

'Gripping!' ANN LECKIE, author of Ancillary Justice and The Raven Tower

'Lee's astute worldbuilding raises the stakes for her vivid and tautly-described action scenes' SCOTT LYNCH, author of The Lies of Locke Lamora

*****Shortlisted for the Nebula Awards, the Locus Awards, the Aurora Awards, the Sunburst Awards and an Amazon.com Best Book of the Month*****

TWO CRIME FAMILIES, ONE SOURCE OF POWER: JADE.

Jade is the lifeblood of the city of Janloon - a stone that enhances a warrior's natural strength and speed. Jade is mined, traded, stolen and killed for, controlled by the ruthless No Peak and Mountain families.
When a modern drug emerges that allows anyone - even foreigners - to wield jade, simmering tension between the two families erupts into open violence. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all in the families, from their grandest patriarch to even the lowliest runner on the streets.

Jade City is an epic tale of blood, family, honour, and of those who live and die by ancient laws in a changing world.©2017 Fonda Lee

Fonda LeeAndrew KishinoLittle, Brown Book GroupThe Green Bone Saga

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Stylish and action-packed, full of ambitious families and guilt-ridden loves, Jade City is an epic drama reminiscent of the best classic Hong Kong gangster films but takes place in a fantasy metropolis so gritty and well imagined that you'll forget you're reading a book (Ken Liu, winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards and author of The Grace of Kings and The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories)

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I heard so many good things about this book and maybe I went into it with too high expectations. Unfortunately the book didn't live up to these for me.

I couldn't find a single character that I liked and because of this I found that I didn't care about the story at all.
I wasn't a big fan of the world either. The fact that magic even existed in this world felt out of place. I believe I felt like this because the magic system is not really explained. Basically you hold jade you have powers if you have the affinity for it. And the powers you get are just strangely convenient for the situation you are in. It might be explained more in future books but I was really missing a deeper dive into the magic system.

The narrator did an amazing job with it. I really enjoyed his performance.