Wen discovers that Lan had a son named Niko with his ex-wife, Eyni.

She infiltrates Espenian and Ygutanian networks in order to retrieve information for the No Peak Clan and aid their disputes with the Mountain Clan. Wen, Hilo's wife, is pregnant but continues her duties as a spy. He befriends and develops a romance with Cory, the Pillar's son. This causes Shae to lose face in front of her Master Luckbringer, Hami Tumashon.Īnden initially struggles to fit in within Espenia but finds out that many Kekonese in his city have created their own pseudo-clan, and partake in a fight club underneath a recreational center every week. She locates her predecessor, Doru, but hesitates to deliver clan justice, and Doru kills himself first. Meanwhile, Shae struggles in her position as the Weather Man of the No Peak Clan. Hilo refuses, believing Zapunyo to be inconsequential. Hilo meets Zapunyo, who offers Hilo an opportunity to profit off his jade smuggling. Zapunyo is supported in part by barukan, who are Kekonese-Shotarian jade users. Hilo and Shae frame this as an opportunity for him to serve the clan, supporting their interests abroad without having to wear jade.Īt the same time, a cousin of the Kaul family is imprisoned in the Uwiwa Islands, only to be freed by Zapunyo, a crime lord who has gotten rich off jade smuggling during the clan war. Outside of Kekon, war is waged between Shotar and Ygutan over the disputed Oortoko region, with Kekon's ally, Espenia, supporting Shotar.Īnden, still refusing to wear jade after killing Gont Asch in Jade City, is given the opportunity to go to the Espenian city of Port Massy to study. Hilo struggles to maintain his power as the Pillar of the No Peak Clan, and enters an uneasy truce with the Mountain clan. Kaul Sen passes away shortly after the events of Jade City, and just before his funeral, thief Bero and his partner Mudt rob Kaul Lan's corpse of his jade. It is the second book in the Green Bone saga, followed by Jade Legacy which will be the final novel in the series.

The story takes place over several years. It follows the island of Kekon as the jade-controlling clans are embroiled in an international war where jade is the centerpiece. Jade War is a 2019 fantasy novel by Fonda Lee published by Orbit and is the sequel to Jade City.

Jade War by Fonda Lee