Book Review: Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1) by Rebecca Roanhorse

 

Title: Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1) 

Author: Rebecca Roanhorse 

Stars: 4

Review:

Black Sun is the first in this new series by Rebecca Roanhorse. 

Black Sun story surrounds 4 characters different points of view.  The author create a world that some readers will fall in love with and find the magical side of the story while others will be lost in the author creative world and use of language. 

The author leaves readers with a cliffhanger that will keep readers excited for the next in the series or passing by.  This is one of the those you will love or dislike the book.  There is no inbetween.

The author has a ability to create a world with her use of english language painting a picture that readers will feeling they are in the middle of the world seeing life though the eyes of those they are reading.

Thank you to Netgalley for a copy of  Rebecca Roanhorse  Black Sun

Synopsis:

In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world.

Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man’s mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain.

Crafted with unforgettable characters, Rebecca Roanhorse has created an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts in the most original series debut of the decade

Hardcover, 464 pages

Expected publication: October 13th 2020 by Saga Press

About The Author:

Rebecca Roanhorse is a NYTimes Bestseller and a Nebula, Hugo and Locus Award-winning speculative fiction writer and the recipient of the 2018 Astounding (formerly Campbell) Award for Best New Writer.

Her novels include TRAIL OF LIGHTNING, STORM OF LOCUSTS, STAR WARS: RESISTANCE REBORN, and RACE TO THE SUN. Her upcoming novel BLACK SUN is set to release 10/13/2020.

She lives in Northern New Mexico with her husband, daughter, and pug.