Maková válka – Kuang Rebecca F. (2022)

They trained her for war. She intends to end it. When Rin passed the kche-ťü — exams designed for the most gifted students in the empire — with flying colors, it was a shock for everyone: for the evaluators who couldn't believe that a war orphan from the province of Rooster could pass without cheating, for Rin's guardians, who were planning to marry her off suitably and gain wealth through her, and for Rin herself. She realized that she had finally freed herself from a life of servitude. That she got into Sinegard — the most prestigious military academy in Nikan — was even more surprising. But surprises are not always favorable. Being at Sinegard as a tanned country girl from the south is not easy. In battling the prejudices of her competing classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a deadly, supernatural power — a talent for the nearly legendary art of shamanism. As she delves deeper into her abilities, she learns that the gods, thought to be long dead, are all too alive, and mastering their powers depends on more than just surviving at school. In the Nikan Empire, peace reigns, but across the narrow sea, the Mukens Confederation still lurks. After the first poppy war, it occupied Nikan for decades, and in the second, it barely lost control of the continent. And while most of the inhabitants are calmly...