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I would say it is a fantasy, though fantasy conventionalists probably would disagree with me.
Most of the story is occurring in a goblin-dominated city. The technology is on late 19th century level. Neither the humans, the goblins or the "elvish race" are homogeneous and have a wide variety of cultures amongst themselves.
The "main character" of the book is a liberation hero from the area farthest west in the inhabitable parts of the continent, a very large green valley settled by six nations (roughly equivalent to Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean cultures).
He is originally a bastard, an orphan, a run-away thief and then the chief of a band of robbers. Then he becomes a war hero and general during the Liberation wars against the western goblins.
The story, however, begins after that.
The leader of the Liberation Army has assembled the six nations and formed a Union which is aiming to unite all human nations under its rule. Our hero isn't stepping in line with the leader's aspiration and doesn't give a damn about the ideology which is going to guide humanity to a bright future.
So he is sent on a "secret mission" to the farthest known city in the world, a large goblin metropolis carved out from a black mountain by the eastern sea. This mission is really a suicide mission, and the cabal of violent gangsters who are running that city are enlightened on the arrival of our hero.
They employ a female assassin to track him down, but not to kill him. Oh no. They want to use him as a bargain, as several domestic and external forces are vying over control over the trade centre that the Black Rock is.
At the same time in his homeland, a vainglorious young officer is making a name for himself in the capitol of the Union. The opposition leader, a Princess of a small city-state, is contacting him, revealing the whereabouts of a general who has disappeared.
This creates a political crisis, which could only be solved by a rescue party...
Which genre?
Most of the story is occurring in a goblin-dominated city. The technology is on late 19th century level. Neither the humans, the goblins or the "elvish race" are homogeneous and have a wide variety of cultures amongst themselves.
The "main character" of the book is a liberation hero from the area farthest west in the inhabitable parts of the continent, a very large green valley settled by six nations (roughly equivalent to Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean cultures).
He is originally a bastard, an orphan, a run-away thief and then the chief of a band of robbers. Then he becomes a war hero and general during the Liberation wars against the western goblins.
The story, however, begins after that.
The leader of the Liberation Army has assembled the six nations and formed a Union which is aiming to unite all human nations under its rule. Our hero isn't stepping in line with the leader's aspiration and doesn't give a damn about the ideology which is going to guide humanity to a bright future.
So he is sent on a "secret mission" to the farthest known city in the world, a large goblin metropolis carved out from a black mountain by the eastern sea. This mission is really a suicide mission, and the cabal of violent gangsters who are running that city are enlightened on the arrival of our hero.
They employ a female assassin to track him down, but not to kill him. Oh no. They want to use him as a bargain, as several domestic and external forces are vying over control over the trade centre that the Black Rock is.
At the same time in his homeland, a vainglorious young officer is making a name for himself in the capitol of the Union. The opposition leader, a Princess of a small city-state, is contacting him, revealing the whereabouts of a general who has disappeared.
This creates a political crisis, which could only be solved by a rescue party...
Which genre?
