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.
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Today he would become a God. CHAPTER 1
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(@RebellionPub, 21 January 2021, ebook, 448 pages, borrowed from @GlasgowLib via @BorrowBox, # POPSUGARReadingChallenge, an #OwnVoice SFF (science fiction & fantasy) book)
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This is a new author for me. I chose Black Sun at random at it fit the Popsugar category. I don't often read science fiction but I really enjoyed this. I hope to read the rest of the series. I really loved the world building and how Tova and the culture and people really comes to life and is fully realised. I really liked the language in the book. I enjoyed every word.
