Babel, or The Necessity of Violence

Dark academia with a smart magic system built for logophiles and translators. It's a multi-racial, emo Harry Potter that strikes against empire and colonialism. An alternative steam punk Victorian England fuelled by enchanted silver bars that still adheres to known English history. The golden shackles of privilege and wealth blinding you to the world outside whether it is beyond the walls of academia or the wider world past your shores. This is a campus novel set in a fantasy world with incredibly realized stakes and the tumultuous nature of university friends. Potter was never this scathing or nail biting.