A lot of great suggestions already.

I'll add release that witch. It's chinese and newish. What I enjoyed is that it isn't a power fantasy (Mc has no powers). He was an engineer so he uses his knowledge to do things like create cement. They keep it realistic in a fantasy setting, so they use magic to heat it up to the right temperature and all that.

It's full of little details like that, I don't want to spoil too much of it. It's political as well.