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This is a wiki for the amazing fantasy series Shadows of The Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky. This wiki is for newcomers to the series and die-hard fans. So check here for all your Shadow of The Apt updates and info!

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What is Shadows of The Apt?

Shadows of The Apt is a fantasy series by Adrian Tchaikovsky that takes place in a nameless fictional world. Technology has started to take over the Lowlands and if you are technologically adept your "apt". Those who cannot understand or use the technology are "inapt" and belong to the races, or kinden, that used to rule the world, now brought low.  There are two things which make the series particularly special.  Firstly, rather than the traditional fantasy races, each kinden is a human variant which draws its unique abilities from a kind of insect.  Secondly, it defies the traditional medieval stasis of fantasy epics, existing in something of a steampunk setting initially and seeing the levels of technology change and increase over the course of the series.

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The Wasp Empire

The Wasp Empire is an aggressively expansionistic, militaristic and mono-dominant absolute monarchy located to the east of the Lowlands, south-east of the Dragonfly Commonweal and north of the Exalsee and the Nem. The term 'Wasp Empire' refers to both the Empire's political structure and the geographic area it controls. As its name suggests, the Wasp Empire is ruled by the Wasp-kinden, and while it has assimilated the territories of many other kinden, most non-Wasps are treated as slaves.
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