Maková válka – Kuang Rebecca F. (2023)

They trained her for war. She intends to end it. When Rin passed the kche-ťü — the exams designated for the most gifted students in the empire — with flying colors, it was a shock for everyone: for the evaluators, unable to believe that a war orphan from the province of Kohouta could pass without cheating, for Rin's guardians, who were planning to marry off their ward suitably and gain wealth through this means, 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 her struggle against the prejudices of competing classmates, Rin discovers that she possesses a deadly, supernatural power — a talent for the nearly mythical art of shamanism. With the help of psychoactive substances and a seemingly mad teacher, she also learns that the gods, once thought to be long dead, are all too alive, and mastering their abilities depends on more than just surviving at school. In the Nikan Empire, there is peace, but lurking behind the narrow strip of sea is the Mukensk Union. After the first poppy war, it occupied Nikan for decades and lost control in the second...