Book description
The Empires of Varkal and Med'ariz have always been at war.
Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a 'visionary' scientist. But now they're offering him a chance of freedom.
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This is an incredible secondary-world fantasy, set in a war-torn world that features a pacifist protagonist who looks like a hulking brute of a monster, but who has a gentle heart. Premee Mohamed's writing is pristine; her worldbuilding is gorgeous; the book was profoundly beautiful. I felt full of philosophical thoughts and difficult conversations by the end, and was never not entertained throughout.
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