So the Green Bone Saga is one of those rare series that walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, but is not a duck.

Likewise, the ability to use or tolerate jade – or be immune to it – is also science-based, and can be manufactured through the use of drugs, also created by science. And yet, the magic in this story, the magic that is enabled by the wearing of bioenergetic jade, is actually science rather than the type of magic that usually powers urban fantasy. It has that noir-ish feel that seems part and parcel of that genre. And yes, I know just how strange that sounds. It’s as if urban fantasy and The Godfather had a book baby, midwifed by the Shogun phenomenon of the late 1970s. It also feels like the result of one of the strangest mashups ever. And it ends when the consequences of those acts come full circle. The story begins with an act of violence and an act of mercy. Jade City begins an epic tale of family, honor, and those who live and die by the ancient laws of jade and blood. The outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones-from their grandest patriarch to the lowliest motorcycle runner on the streets-and of Kekon itself. When a powerful new drug emerges that lets anyone-even foreigners-wield jade, the simmering tension between the Kauls and the rival Ayt family erupts into open violence. Ancient tradition has little place in this rapidly changing nation. They care about nothing but protecting their own, cornering the jade market, and defending the districts under their protection. Now the war is over and a new generation of Kauls vies for control of Kekon's bustling capital city.

For centuries, honorable Green Bone warriors like the Kaul family have used it to enhance their abilities and defend the island from foreign invasion. Magical jade-mined, traded, stolen, and killed for-is the lifeblood of the island of Kekon. Purchasing Info: Author's Website, Publisher's Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Source: purchased from Audible, supplied by publisher via NetGalleyįormats available: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook Jade City (The Green Bone Saga, #1) by Fonda Lee

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