A review by vinayak
Un déluge de feu by Amitav Ghosh

5.0

Amitav Ghosh's Ibis Trilogy is a magnificient series of historical fiction novels.

The series starts with opium farmers in India and ends with the war that forced China to open its ports to British trade and to cede Hong Kong. It is a amazing analysis of the adverse impact of colonialism while also exploring how the financial windfall of the opium trade helped to change individuals, families, communities, nations, diplomacy and international relations, and left effects that still linger on.

Flood of Fire is the perfect ending to a brilliant series. Sub-stories and characters are brought together to very satisfying closures at the end.

Anyone who enjoys quality historical fiction should give the series a read.