Jade City
core novel 2017 Green Bone Saga
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.05 (128,443 ratings, collected 2026-09-14) |
| Page count | 540 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780316440868 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Jade City opens a generation after the war that freed the island nation of Kekon from foreign occupation, in the city of Janloon, where rival criminal clans still openly wield jade, a rare mineral mined only on Kekon that grants those genetically suited to it enhanced strength, speed and other abilities. The novel follows the Kaul siblings of the No Peak clan: Lan, the Pillar who leads the clan; Hilo, its Horn, in charge of military and street affairs; and Shae, who has deliberately kept her distance from clan business after years abroad, along with their adopted cousin Anden, still training as a jade-wearing Green Bone. As the internationalist No Peak clan and the isolationist Mountain clan compete for control of the jade trade and the loyalty of Janloon's neighborhoods, mounting incidents of violence push the uneasy peace between the two clans toward open war.
Where it sits
- Universe: Green Bone Saga
- Series: The Green Bone Saga core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Fonda Lee
Awards (verified)
- World Fantasy Award (Novel), 2018: won; Tied win with Victor LaValle's The Changeling.
- Locus Award (Fantasy Novel), 2018: finalist; Placed 6th in the Locus poll.
- Nebula Award (Best Novel), 2018: nominated; Lost to N.K. Jemisin's The Stone Sky.
Notes
- From the series record (The Green Bone Saga): The complete, publisher-billed trilogy forming one continuous plot; Core Canon per the rule below.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Green Bone Saga: position 1 of 3: next Jade War (2019)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade_City_(novel)
- Fonda Lee, official site
- World Fantasy Awards 2018
- https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/jade-city/
- sfadb, Fonda Lee
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