Book guide
Sea of Poppies
A storm-bound ship gathers strangers whose lives are remade by empire, opium, and the sea.
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalClass divideLiterarySocial commentaryAdventureUnlikely allies
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About Sea of Poppies
In 1838, sailors, convicts and indentured migrants converge on the Ibis, a former slave ship bound from Calcutta for Mauritius. As colonial power and the opium trade reshape their lives, strangers from different classes and cultures begin to form a new shipboard community.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Series
The Ibis Trilogy · Book 1 of 3
Content warnings
- racial slurs
- racism
- sexual assault
- rape
- drug use
- slavery
- violence
- colonisation
- torture
- trafficking
- domestic abuse
- attempted widow burning
