Black Sun

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.

Excellent worldbuilding, likeable characters - it actually pulls off the thing I've seen a few times where characters on opposing sides are all presented as likeable. Often, I end up not caring about any of them; here, I find myself wanting things to go well for all of them.

Selling points: South/meso-American-inspired setting; bi rep; nonbinary rep. (Also blind rep but I'm not sure I can recommend it on that basis - Rebecca Roanhorse obviously made an effort with the disability rep here, but he's also a reincarnated god, and as someone who's not blind on that level myself I don't think I can fairly judge whether or not she hit the balance well.)

Warnings: violence; child abuse; child neglect; ritual injury of a child by a parent; a sex scene, tasteful but fairly explicit; end on quite a sequel-hungry note.

Warnings:

First fantasy book I've enjoyed in years. The setting was so refreshing and new, but it also felt like a real place. Maybe it's a world I've visited in my dreams? It surely will be a world I dream visit in the future.