The State of Chu

The Warring States #2

by Greg Strandberg

The Army of Wei is without direction following Marquis Wen’s death. General Wu Qi decides to leave the State of Wei for the State of Chu.

Taking a low-level position in the state bureaucracy, Wu tries to start life anew, but is eventually noticed and brought to the attention of Duke Dao of Chu.

Not fearful of speaking his mind, Wu Qi suddenly finds himself tasked with changing the entire state. The corrupt and jealous nobles have other ideas, and will stop at nothing to keep their way of life intact, even at the expense of the State of Chu..

The Warring States: Book Two

124 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 17, 2013

About the author

I was born and raised in Helena, Montana, and graduated from the University of Montana in 2008 with a BA in History.

When the American economy began to collapse I quickly moved to China, where I became a slave for the English language industry. After five years of that nonsense I returned to Montana.

I have 80+ books up on Amazon and iTunes and other retailers. Thanks for reading!

Reviews

[Per Stian Wølneberg · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a step up from the first in the series. I quite enjoyed the first part. Strandberg does a better job telling the story of an under dog. However this book is also a bit thin. I get the feeling that the writer rushed the story. Normally when reading historical fiction I get a real sense of how life was, but with Strandberg I don’t. I suspect he didn’t do his research properly and was unable to fill in the neccesary details to sell the story. Some details are also innacurate and even wrong.

The best part of the book is the fighting. It’s vivid and tense, for a moment I could not stop reading.