The Grace of Kings

'''Liu, Ken. The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty #1).''' New York: Simon and Schuster, 2015. Also available as a Kindle book from Amazon.com and an audiobook from Audible. Goodreads lists other editions and translations.

Book 2 is The Wall of Storms, published in 2016. Set in a world politically like China in the period of The Warring States, much of the technology we learn about is military, such as those mentioned by Liu in his explanation of Silkpunk: "soaring battle kites that lift duelists into the air, bamboo-and-silk airships propelled by giant feathered oars, underwater boats that swim like whales driven by primitive steam engines, and tunnel-digging machines enhanced with herbal lore" — all used for fighting. So The Grace of Kings is less pervaded by technology and centered in technology than most cyberpunk or steampunk but of interest for the human/machine interface where the "machines" and technology generally derive from the great tradition of ancient China.

Rich Erlich, Initial Compiler, 31/III/17