What strange creatures humans are, to dream so much and achieve so little.
From The Manual of the Dreamwalkers by Seuq, a Spearmaiden
The three centuries of peace in the continent of Meridian marked by the Year of the Sun has come to a bloody end. It is Year 1 of the Crow, and the sun has neither fallen nor risen since, throwing Tova into an eerie perpetual twilight. The Convergence is past, and everything lies in ruins.
As the fickle gods of old gain more foothold in the continent of Meridian, will the people of Tova find the strength to persevere and build anew or will it be the start of total doom and the beginning of an apocalypse?
The avatar of the crow god, the Odo Sedoh, Grandfather Crow, lies broken and in search of a new destiny after the massacre he enacted to the Watchers on Sun Rock. The radically progressive avatar of the Sun, Naranpa - the Sun Priest, awakens from death after plunging herself into the Tovasheh in an underground catacomb with new powers and more questions. The Celestial Holy City of Tova and its magi priests have been shattered since the eclipse, and the dawn of a new age and a new world order approaches.
So begins the second instalment of the excellent Between the Earth and Sky series, and we're treated to an amazing dive into a fantasmagorical world of magic, gods and prophecies, dark omens and fate, politics, love, hate and treachery.
Like the first book, the writing is fluid and contains meticulously detailed world-building, characterizations, and an extremely gripping plot.
Fevered Star is highly recommended.
