Grimdark Fantasy

The grimdark reality of our economic system is spun into a brilliant fantasy novel by ML Wang called Blood Over Bright Haven. I draw parallels to the Bible and imperialism. I link my two previous episodes on RF Kuang's Babel and Poppy War Trilogy, which are grimdark history written with imagination and genius.

Third Paradigm on Substack: https://thirdparadigm.substack.com/
How to Dismantle an Empire: https://www.amazon.com/How-Dismantle-Empire-2020-Vision/dp/1733347607