“A Hundred Suns” by Karin Tanabe

"A Hundred Suns" embodies everything we love about historical fiction

We're going to let you in on a secret: if you promise us a book with a historical setting, a sharp critique of colonial systems and loads of intrigue, we are pretty much guaranteed to read it.

All of those things are present in Karin Tanabe's latest novel "A Hundred Suns," which was released earlier this month and takes place in 1930s Indochina (which is of course known today as Vietnam.)