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Very interesting. In replacing the lifeblood of colonialism, Kuang has created a magical system that is unsustainable by design. Reliant on a physical substrate, the exploitation of the subjugated, and vulnerable to true globalisation, Silverwork represents the shallow appropriation and desecration of languages, cultures, and people. As didactic and heavy-handed as the themes are, the book maintains a fantastical air