After the epic backstory of Serapio we jump to Xiala, sailor, and member of a mysterious sea-faring people who supposedly kill their men folk, and calm the seas by singing. There are four main view point characters and each is clearly distinct from the others in thoughts, “voice”, motives and behavior. In his review for Black Gate Greg Mele wrote: Rebecca’s next book was Black Sun, the opening novel in her Between Earth and Sky trilogy. I guess I suck as a self-promoter, but I’m still your guy for honest book recs. You haven’t read Trail of Lightning? I heard myself say. Pretty soon I was talking it up to anyone who would listen - or even make eye contact. I decided to read Roanhorse’s book so I could see what I was up against. It was consistently annoying to hear the excited chatter about that book from friends, coworkers, parents, children, and people standing next to me at the damn post office. No, all that breathless acclaim went to Rebecca Roanhorse’s Trail of Lightning, released a week after Robots. My first novel The Robots of Gotham was released in June 2018, and it was gratifying to see a summer debut could quickly climb bestseller lists, receive wide attention and praise from numerous venues, snag a Nebula and Hugo nomination, and win a Locus Award. Black Sun (paperback reprint) and Fevered Star (Saga Press, June 2021 and April 2022).
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