Black Sun

audio cd

Published Oct. 13, 2020 by Blackstone Pub.

ISBN:
9781508283089

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4 stars (6 reviews)

4 editions

Merivedeltä ja hurmeelta tuoksuva fantasiaseikkailu

3 stars

Talvipäivänseisaus lähestyy ja Tovan pyhässä kaupungissa valmistaudutaan juhlaan, jonka kruunaa harvinainen auringonpimennys. Tovaa kohti lähtee myös Teekin salaiselta saarelta kotoisin oleva purjehtijanainen, joka on saanut tehtävän kuljettaa salaperäinen nuori mies perille ennen juhlan alkua.

Henkilöistä paljastuu matkan aikana uusia puolia niin toisilleen kuin itselleenkin ja tarinan huipennuttua tietysti kirja loppuu, koska kyseessä on trilogian ensimmäinen osa.

Viihdyttävä, synkkä ja hurjakin.

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4 stars

Listened to this over a weekend where I REALLY needed to escape, it was fun and engaging and I definitely got really wrapped up in the world. I didn't know very much going into it but I'd read another short story by this author that I really liked and I saw it recommend a bunch / nominated for hugo, etc. I thought the setting was extremely sick and want to learn more about how the author built the world. Lots of fantasy elements which is unfortunately not totally my jam, but I enjoyed it a lot nonetheless.

Review of 'Black Sun' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

This book blew me away with how good it was. It's set in a fantasy world based on the pre-Columbian Americas, and is chock-full of interesting, diverse characters. The bulk of the story is set in the city of Tova, religious center of Meridian, where the different Sky Made clans and their matrons live, and the priests of the Celestial Tower try to shape society. Not long ago, there was a massacre of the Crow Clan, instigated by the Celestial Tower, and cultists who do not follow the priests' beliefs are waiting for the return of Grandfather Crow, to take revenge.

The book starts 20 days before the Convergence, a rare solar eclipse during winter solstice, and Grandfather Crow is traveling towards Tova in the form of a young man named Serapio, one of the PoV characters. Since childhood he has been groomed towards the day of the Convergence, to …

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4 stars