The Traitor Baru Cormorant (Hardcover) by Seth Dickinson

from wealhtheowwylfing

When Baru is a child, the trade ships of the Empire of Masks appear on the horizon. Within just a few years, the empire has taken over her kingdom through trade and plague and the offers of schooling, and Baru's way of life drastically adapts to fit. She is a savant with numbers and logic, and at...

from lavaturtle

This is a story about imperialism. It's also a story about Baru Cormorant, who will do *literally anything* to save her homeland. How long is the long game she's playing? Is she even still playing? This book has one of the most horrifying endings I've ever read.

from souloftherose

A fantasy novel with an accountant as the main character!! How could I not read it? The main character, Baru Cormorant, grows up in a country that has been peacefully taken over by an empire called the Masquerade - but for all that the conquest was peaceful she has to watch her country's culture ...

from Tikimoof

Oh man, I could see some of the ending coming, but I admit that I had several theories going as to which conclusion the book would come to, and couldn't decide which. It was beautiful, it was great. Once I got to 75% or so, I was on tenterhooks. That ending was just about everything I could have ...

from AltheaAnn

Highly recommended for fans of Daniel Abraham's 'A Shadow in Summer.' Hey, it's a small subgenre: well-written, painstakingly-crafted fantasy starring female accountants!I've never been a huge fan of accounting; it never captured my imagination. Really, I can't even be bothered to balance a check...