{"id":959,"date":"2026-08-16T10:30:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T10:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?post_type=myreads&#038;p=959"},"modified":"2026-08-16T16:33:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:33:22","slug":"the-poppy-war","status":"publish","type":"myreads","link":"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/?myreads=the-poppy-war","title":{"rendered":"The Poppy War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-e15afb30 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:33.3%\">\n<style data-wp-block-html=\"css\">\n._df_thumb {\n    width: 305px;\n    display: block;\n    margin-left: auto !important;\n    margin-right: auto !important;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {\n    ._df_thumb {\n        width: 100%;\n        display: block;\n        margin-left: auto !important;\n        margin-right: auto !important;\n    }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"_df_thumb \" id=\"df_551\"  _slug=\"the-poppy-war\" data-title=\"the-poppy-war\" wpoptions=\"true\" thumb=\"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/35068705.jpg\" thumbtype=\"\" >The Poppy War<\/div><script class=\"df-shortcode-script\" nowprocket type=\"application\/javascript\">window.option_df_551 = {\"outline\":[],\"autoEnableOutline\":\"false\",\"autoEnableThumbnail\":\"false\",\"overwritePDFOutline\":\"false\",\"backgroundImage\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/63a9be9945e295b9341dc00d13406b76.jpg\",\"direction\":\"1\",\"pageSize\":\"0\",\"source\":\"https:\\\/\\\/wolf.campubl.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/08\\\/39818849.a4.pdf\",\"wpOptions\":\"true\"}; if(window.DFLIP && window.DFLIP.parseBooks){window.DFLIP.parseBooks();}<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0\">Click to read sample \ud83d\udcd6<br>or listen to the audiobook \ud83c\udfa7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/wolf.campubl.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9780062848789-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-fca99130 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><h1 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:900;padding-right:0;padding-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-custom-color-3-color has-xx-large-font-size has-evans-font-family\">The Poppy War<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">R.F. Kuang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82c4478a wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"min-height:0px;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China\u2019s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-5 wp-container-content-72558541 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0;font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">When Rin aced the Keju\u2014the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies\u2014it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn\u2019t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin\u2019s guardians, who believed they\u2019d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard\u2014the most elite military school in Nikan\u2014was even more surprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:16px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-6 is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-470551b9 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\" open><summary>But surprises aren\u2019t always good.<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power\u2014an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive\u2014and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.<br><br>For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .<br><br>Rin\u2019s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.F<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:23px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4d6339ab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dbfbc6bc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;background-color:#fff6e6;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);box-shadow:var(--wp--preset--shadow--natural)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-evans-font-family has-small-font-size wp-elements-8 wp-container-content-69bc4bdf wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">RECOMMENDED BY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:5px;padding-bottom:0\">Ange<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-10 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-style:italic;font-weight:600\">\u201cIf you hold the fate of the country in your hands, if you have accepted your obligation to your people, then your life ceases to be your own.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-3-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-11 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">\u25b8 The book intertwined fantasy with historical events of China getting invaded by the Japanese during WW2, making a visceral reading experience. The cruel, almost unrealistic violence highlighted in the book prompted me to research more on historical conflicts. In short, this was the book that got me to further research international relations in the context of conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-custom-color-4-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-12 wp-block-paragraph\">\u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2605 \u2606<br>4\/ 5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click to read sample \ud83d\udcd6or listen to the audiobook \ud83c\udfa7 R.F. Kuang An epic historical military fantasy, inspired by the bloody history of China\u2019s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic. 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