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Flood of Fire by Amitav Ghosh
5.0

Such a joy to revisit all of the old friends from Sea of Poppies and River of Smoke and somehow still meet some new ones. This world is so full of distinctive characters, bustling and diverse societies, and well-developed worlds that it reads as quickly and easily as a charming beach read.

But instead it is woven through and through with the implications of colonization, the drug trade, the slave trade, and war. It’s like an iceberg - tales of romance and adventure above the surface, and roiling greed, corruption, and disastrous history underneath.