Book of the Month Preview: ‘Jade City’ by Fonda Lee
It seems April is the perfect month to dive into a new series. It’s hard to choose a book to kick off spring, and Maude Garrett has had this series on her TBR for a while.
Our BOOK OF THE MONTH for April is Jade City by Fonda Lee.
According to Goodreads reviews, people have said, “JADE CITY is a gripping Godfather-esque saga of intergenerational blood feuds, vicious politics, magic, and kungfu.” That certainly has our attention!
If you have had The Green Bone Saga on your TBR, start it with us this month!
The MBC community always has fun discussions in the discord and an in-depth analysis during our live book chat on Twitch!
Fonda Lee is the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the Green Bone Saga, consisting of the novels Jade City, Jade War, and Jade Legacy, along with a prequel novella The Jade Setter of Janloon and a short story collection, Jade Shards. She is also the author of the fantasy novella, Untethered Sky and several young adult novels: Zeroboxer, the Exo duology, and the Breathmarked duology, co-written with Shannon Lee.
Fonda is a winner of the World Fantasy Award, the Locus Award, and a six-time winner of the Aurora Award (Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award), as well as a multiple finalist for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the Oregon Book Award. Her novels have garnered multiple starred reviews and appeared on Best of Year lists from NPR, Barnes & Noble, Syfy Wire, and others. Jade City has been translated into fifteen languages, named to TIME Magazine’s Top 100 Fantasy Books of All Time, and optioned for television development.
She has also written acclaimed short fiction and been an instructor at writing workshops including Clarion West, Viable Paradise, and Aspen Words. Fonda is a former corporate strategist and black belt martial artist who loves action movies and Eggs Benedict. Born and raised in Canada, she resides in the Boston area.
‘jADE CITY’
By Fonda Lee
The Kaul family is one of two crime syndicates that control the island of Kekon. It's the only place in the world that produces rare magical jade, which grants those with the right training and heritage superhuman abilities.
The Green Bone clans of honorable jade-wearing warriors once protected the island from foreign invasion--but nowadays, in a bustling post-war metropolis full of fast cars and foreign money, Green Bone families like the Kauls are primarily involved in commerce, construction, and the everyday upkeep of the districts under their protection.
When the simmering tension between the Kauls and their greatest rivals erupts into open violence in the streets, the outcome of this clan war will determine the fate of all Green Bones and the future of Kekon itself.
What Jade City Offers
loyalty
honor
wealth
greed
family
power
Join Our Book Chat
Join us for both streams as we dive into the world created by Fonda Lee on Thursday, April 10th and Thursday, April 17th! Join us on Twitch from 5-7 p.m. PT.
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