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Clash of Steel by C. B. Lee
In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the …
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In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the …
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With an immortal carnivorous sourdough starter named Bob (who may or may not count as a familiar).
In case that's not enough to convince you:
Teenage assistant baker Mona's only magic talent is with bread. She can make it staler or fresher, keep it from burning, make gingerbread men dance, and occasionally something more dramatic like Bob. (Bob was an accident, but he's quite handy around the bakery.) She wasn't prepared to be suspect number one in a rash of wizard murders, live on the run, or to protect the city from a threat as its only remaining mage.
Fun characters, fun concepts, and a quest that runs through the city's worst slums to the palace. Mona has to navigate both from her comfortable shopkeeper's life, learning what happens when the system she relied on to protect her is turned against her. And how the system can be manipulated against …
With an immortal carnivorous sourdough starter named Bob (who may or may not count as a familiar).
In case that's not enough to convince you:
Teenage assistant baker Mona's only magic talent is with bread. She can make it staler or fresher, keep it from burning, make gingerbread men dance, and occasionally something more dramatic like Bob. (Bob was an accident, but he's quite handy around the bakery.) She wasn't prepared to be suspect number one in a rash of wizard murders, live on the run, or to protect the city from a threat as its only remaining mage.
Fun characters, fun concepts, and a quest that runs through the city's worst slums to the palace. Mona has to navigate both from her comfortable shopkeeper's life, learning what happens when the system she relied on to protect her is turned against her. And how the system can be manipulated against itself. She makes mistakes in the process -- sometimes annoying mistakes, but the kind that makes sense for a teenager to make.
Also: Lots of creative uses of very specific magic abilities. One mage can only work with water...but they can use it to make two surfaces vibrate in sync to transmit sound. Another can only work with air...but is able to use smell and gases to strong effect. Another can only reanimate dead horses.
My 12-year-old son loved it, so of course I had to read it too. Definitely recommended!
Cross-posted from my website.
“You didn’t fail,” I said. “They wouldn’t let you succeed. It’s different.”
Fourteen year old Mona is a baker but she is also a not-very-powerful wizard - her medium of choice is …
»Grünes Wachstum« wäre zweifellos bequemer, nur ist es leider eine Illusion. Das Wuppertaler Institut hat berechnet, wie stark der Rohstoffverbrauch eines jeden Bundesbürgers sinken müsste, damit wir die Umwelt nicht überlasten. Pro Kopf und Jahr werden in Deutschland rund 30 Tonnen an Ressourcen verschlissen; es dürften aber nur acht Tonnen sein. Fast 75% der Materialien müssten also eingespart werden - da ist Wachstum unmöglich.
Diese Zahlen können erschrecken, und die Angst ist weit verbreitet, dass wir »in die Steinzeit zurückkehren« müssen, wenn der Kapitalismus endet. Doch diese Sorge ist unbegründet. Niemand muss fürchten, »wieder in Höhlen zu wohnen«. Die Wachstumskritiker haben klar gezeigt, dass klimaneutrales Leben auch schön sein kann. Das ungelöste Problem ist allein, wie sich diese ökologische Kreislaufwirtschaft erreichen lässt, ohne unterwegs eine schwere Wirtschaftskrise zu provozieren, die die Bevölkerung in Panik versetzt und einen Diktator an die Macht bringt.
Aras, nobody has ever deliberately harmed the common good.
— Crossing the Line by Karen Traviss (The Wess'har Wars, #2)
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