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Pale Fire
Sodom and Gomorrah (In Search of Lost Time, #4)
Chronicle of the 20th Century: The Ultimate Record of Our Times
While the world may be shared with Bacagalupi's The Alchemist I didn't find this work as impressive. The bramble is mentioned but it really doesn't play an integral part of this story. Neither does the use of magic.This seemed to center on an excuse for a war and even though it was women leading it I didn't feel any better about it.