/lit/ - Literature

I've put it off long enough. I need to type into the void about this book and fruitlessly recommend it. I am on book 3 (of 4) now.
It's about a high-tech society regressing back to preindustrial era and the assorted remnants of humanity using what they know to get back on their feet, with two primary factions; the 'good guys' main HQ was originally a small area ran by reenactors, who held a regular Renn Fair, turned into a growing refugee town. The 'main' figurehead of the story had the equivalent of a doctorate in polisci as well as... something involving war tactics/stratagem so he is quite literally the most knowledgable general alive, and I've been liking the subtle 300IQ power plays.
The book is sf with a tinge of fantasy, well-researched and articulated. Hell, it's the first fiction book I've ever read where I've cared about, or became immersed into the politics and structure of military. In this series, chain of command and discipline is being taught from the ground up since it's all a hodge-podge.
>no censorship of any subject, even rape is discussed casually in context as one plot point revolves around setting up counseling for raped-by-bandits victims
>another plot point revolving around body-regulating nannites failing post-Fall and women having to experience menstruation, which hasn't occurred naturally for at least a millennia, and the subsequent logistics of taking cotton/silk resources from elsewhere
>a burgeoning intel group developing with one character calling its leader a "spook" in passing (intel guy is fucking cool though)
>crazy dude who Changed himself into a dwarf, to mine a refilled mountain with natural resources and a hardened material as an adamantine-equivalent
>lots of Changed individuals so you have beast/mer/avian-creatures popping up
>yes, dragon-girls
>bad reviews on goodreads because muh soggy knees

>>19823747
Check out this cool-as-fuck 2003 cover art.
>>19823801
I'm from Florida too :3