1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world’s center for translation and, more importantly, magic.
For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power… Read more.
Trigger and Content Warnings
- Racism, including slurs & cultural appropriation
- Classism
- Colourism
- Misogyny & sexism
- Islamophobia
- Violent hate crime
- Slavery, including child labour
- Sexual assault
- Suicide discussed
- Self-harm
- Alcohol consumption
- Drug use
- Blood depiction
- Emesis
- Feet binding discussed
- Plague
- Death of mother
- Grief depiction
- Murder
- Police brutality
- Genocide
- Gun violence
- Torture
- Physical assault
- Colonization
- War themes
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