Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down from the throne in this masterful first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards."It's a delight to read something so different, so wonderful and strange."-Patrick Rothfuss"Absolutely wonderful...utterly brilliant."-The New York Times Book Review For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. His will is enacted through the Raven's Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. His magic is sustained by the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. And under the Raven's watch, the city flourishes.But the Raven's tower holds a secret. Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself...and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever.For more from Ann Leckie, check out:Ancillary JusticeAncillary SwordAncillary MercyProvenance
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The Raven Tower
von Ann Leckie
Gods meddle in the fates of men, men play with the fates of gods, and a pretender must be cast down from the throne in this masterful first fantasy novel from Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke Awards."It's a delight to read something so different, so wonderful and strange."-Patrick Rothfuss"Absolutely wonderful...utterly brilliant."-The New York Times Book Review For centuries, the kingdom of Iraden has been protected by the god known as the Raven. He watches over his territory from atop a tower in the powerful port of Vastai. His will is enacted through the Raven's Lease, a human ruler chosen by the god himself. His magic is sustained by the blood sacrifice that every Lease must offer. And under the Raven's watch, the city flourishes.But the Raven's tower holds a secret. Its foundations conceal a dark history that has been waiting to reveal itself...and to set in motion a chain of events that could destroy Iraden forever.For more from Ann Leckie, check out:Ancillary JusticeAncillary SwordAncillary MercyProvenance
Aktuelle Rezensionen(1)
Rezension von kenI'm not insane when I say that the typesetting of this book played a huge part for a star deduction. Typesetting is important, and this book wasn't beautiful inside—the cover looks fantastic, though. The other star deduction came from a few things: the point of view and the pacing in the story. I understand the slowness of some parts, given that the novel is narrated by a god named Strength and Patience of the Hill. One can just feel the infinitude emanating from that epithet. No wonder the prose can feel slow, meandering, like it has all the time in the world, especially during parts of the narrative where the Strength and Patience of the Hill retells its life story across eons. Those parts were dull, if only because I have no emotional connection tied to that part of the narrative. <i>The Raven Tower</i> has character complexity in spades. From Mawat, his father, and his uncle, the idea of being the chosen human sacrifice got to their heads, and really, there was nowhere to side in their familial argument—all three of them were in one way or another, disagreeable or downright in the wrong. As for Eolo (pronounced, <i>yolo</i>, I guess????), at first I thought his trans-ness was on account of the novel being in second person. I thought I was just projecting. But turns out, he <i>is</i> trans. I wonder if cis readers would've caught on as quickly as I did (aka four pages in)? The entire novel had me hoping for Tikaz/Eolo and I only got a hint of it. Might have to take matters into my own hands...