Title: The Art of Destiny (Book 2 in the Arts of War Saga) 

Author: Wesley Chu 

Reviewer: Kellie Nash

Audience: Mature 

 Jian looked aghast. 'But you can't change history.' 

'Of course, you can,' boy, said the whipfinger master, 'It's one of the biggest perks of winning wars.' (Page 97) 

This is a coming-of-age story where the child prophesied to defeat the Eternal Khan is not the chosen one. This is a coming-of-age story of chosen one, Jian, prophesied to defeat the Eternal Khan. This prophecy is wrong, and Jian is no different to the other students under the tutelage of grandmasters . We follow three protagonists, Jian, Qisami and Sali, each fighting for a different faction in this war. Chu writes them with complexity, guiding the reader to recognise each has flaws as well as admirable qualities and all sides of a war can justify their reasons to battle to the end. This is a saga celebrating magic, martial arts, and different types of heroes.  

Audience: Goodreads classifies this novel as adult. Few instances of language-use would require readers to self-censor.