18th century. The Sultan tasks a young man to carve a giant tiger automaton to celebrate their return from British captivity. The young man learns that British forces have looted the tiger as he travels to Europe and vows to retrieve his work from an English countryside estate. I loved how LOOT explores stolen art with humanity and humor. The story has the perfect balance of plot and character development, which kept me engaged the whole time. James' writing reminds me of Anthony Doerr & Amor Towles, and I actually thought LOOT was going to make it to the NBA's shortlist because of that