Ethan Freckleton’s Reviews > Midnight Tides > Status Update

Central to this book's themes is a deconstruction of colonial/imperial/capitalist systems, represented with a proxy fantasy nation of Letheras, where coin and manifest destiny are at odds with the essentials of humanity itself. Short of an act of one or more gods, what can be done to shift such systems of thought? Maybe Erikson has an answer. Or maybe he's decided it's too powerful to subvert. Read on to find out?