Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang is an intense, atmospheric novel exploring the dark, magical underpinnings of the British Empire's power within 1830s Oxford. It follows Robin Swift, a Cantonese orphan who discovers that the institute’s silver-working magic is built on colonial theft, forcing him to choose between assimilation and revolution.
Babel, or the Necessity of Violence by R.F. Kuang is an intense, atmospheric novel exploring the dark, magical underpinnings of the British Empire's power within 1830s Oxford. It follows Robin Swift, a Cantonese orphan who discovers that the institute’s silver-working magic is built on colonial theft, forcing him to choose between assimilation and revolution.