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Bitter Crown by Justin Lee Anderson
Book 2 of the Eidyn Saga that began with The Lost War.
The quest to retake the country starts here. …
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Book 2 of the Eidyn Saga that began with The Lost War.
The quest to retake the country starts here. …
I thoroughly enjoyed this book! What's not to love: it has pirates, monsters, the supernatural, sword fights, magic fights, and adventures galore.
I don't want to include any spoilers, but the plot revolves around Amina al-Sirafi, a retired female pirate captain living in 12th/13th Century Arabia. Due to ... events ... she is lured back onto the ocean for one last irresistable treasure hunt. Although, just like Jake & Elwood, first she has to get the band, or rather her crew, back together.
This book is filled with well-rounded and unforgettable characters, and takes the reader on a fantastic journey around the lands and peoples bordering the Indian Ocean of 800 years ago. With, as previously stated, a very hefty dose of magic and fantasy thrown in as well. Definitely worth a read.
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN'S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb …
"The tale of Kvothe, from his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan …
Amina al-Sirafi should be content. After a storied and scandalous career as one of the Indian Ocean’s most notorious pirates, …
The sword cares not who it cuts.
Many years ago, Sir Aelfric and his nine companions saved the world, seizing …
I've only read one book by Christopher Priest before, A Dream of Wessex.
This one, Inverted World, is not in any way related to that but has a similar quality in that you gradually learn about the strange world in which the narrator lives by following their own disoveries about that world.
By around two-thirds of the way through the nature of the world starts to become not just apparent but largely explained, although the reason for its existence don't get touched upon until the very final few pages of the story.
And the story felt ... truncated. I wasn't clear to me what the final resolution was or what Helward (the main character) was going to do, or indeed what any of the characters were going to do next. I honestly feel like it could have done with another 50 pages or so to tie everything up.
Still, it's …
I've only read one book by Christopher Priest before, A Dream of Wessex.
This one, Inverted World, is not in any way related to that but has a similar quality in that you gradually learn about the strange world in which the narrator lives by following their own disoveries about that world.
By around two-thirds of the way through the nature of the world starts to become not just apparent but largely explained, although the reason for its existence don't get touched upon until the very final few pages of the story.
And the story felt ... truncated. I wasn't clear to me what the final resolution was or what Helward (the main character) was going to do, or indeed what any of the characters were going to do next. I honestly feel like it could have done with another 50 pages or so to tie everything up.
Still, it's a mind-bending piece of work and doesn't take too long to read. The prose flows well and is easy to read even in the 2020s, which can't be said for all 1970s sci-fi.
Inverted World (The Inverted World in some editions) is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest. The …
Inverted World (The Inverted World in some editions) is a 1974 science fiction novel by British writer Christopher Priest. The …