From Mistborn: The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson. Why does all fantasy have to be like that?
Please recommend some fantasy novels with themes of real liberation to me. I love fantasy but I hate that it's always a new monarchy people happily submit to...
Why wouldn't they just get a new king? Is the Lightbringer out there developing the productive forces? Are they partitioning the commons and driving the peasantry to work in cities? Is the light they're bringing actually colonialist plunder?