The characters knew what they wanted and their objectives were clear to them, if not to us. For Naranpa, the politics were life and death and we watched her spin her wheels, frustratingly unable to get traction on her own plans. Tova was brimming with plots between factions in the Tower and among the clans and the clanless, but it felt less important because I knew Serapio was going to turn everything on it’s head. In Black Sun, the political machinations were like the beat under the melody. Okoa is caught between the Crow God reborn, his sister, the new Matron of the Crow clan, and the need to avenge his mother’s murder. Xiala is lost so far from the sea and mourning the deaths she inadvertently caused. Naranpa wakes up in a tomb, back from the dead and unsure of everything she learned while training to be the Sun Priest. Serapio wakes up with a wound he cannot heal and uncertain of who he is now, having expected to die at the Convergence. Far from the chaos in Tova, Lord Balam murders a thief so that he can walk through dreams. Very much a middle book, but a very entertaining middle book.įevered Star starts with a murder.

Welcome back to the fantasy series of the decade in Fevered Star-book two of Between Earth and Sky from one of the 'Indigenous novelists reshaping North American science fiction, horror, and fantasy' ( The New York Times) and the 'epic voice of our continent and time' (Ken Liu, award-winning author of The Grace of Kings).The tl:dr version of this review is: I could not put it down.

How will Serapio stay human when he is steeped in prophecy and surrounded by those who desire only his power? Is there a future for Naranpa in a transformed Tova without her total destruction? For the Clan of Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected upon the earth.Īnd for Serapio and Naranpa, both now living avatars, the struggle for free will and personhood in the face of destiny rages. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded?Īs sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed.

The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. There are no tides more treacherous than those of the heart. Return to The Meridian with New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse's sequel to the most critically hailed epic fantasy of 2020 Black Sun-finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Lambda, and Locus awards.

Fevered Star by Rebecca Roanhorse