Acacia: The War with the Mein by David Anthony Durham
Promising except that 34% and there's no magic at all, yet. There is the suggestion that magic once was in the world and perhaps it might be rediscovered. But that's not a lot to work with 34% in. There isn't much of a feel of a hero with an ace up his sleeve. I'm hoping there will be... but the author hasn't given me much reason to hope. Without magic, what's the point anyway? The social norms aren't anything particularly different at all. Why not just write about Henry the 8th or the hundred years war? I'm hoping magic will come back I guess.