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Unwrapped Sky - Rjurik Davidson
Unwrapped Sky
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A hundred years ago, the Minotaurs saved Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people may hold the keys to the city's survival. Once, it is said, gods used magic to create reality, with powers that defied explanation. But the magic—or science, if one believes those who try to master... show more
A hundred years ago, the Minotaurs saved Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people may hold the keys to the city's survival. Once, it is said, gods used magic to create reality, with powers that defied explanation. But the magic—or science, if one believes those who try to master the dangers of thaumaturgy—now seems more like a dream. Industrial workers for House Technis, farmers for House Arbor, and fisher folk of House Marin eke out a living and hope for a better future. But the philosopher-assassin Kata plots a betrayal that will cost the lives of godlike Minotaurs; the ambitious bureaucrat Boris Autec rises through the ranks as his private life turns to ashes; and the idealistic seditionist Maximilian hatches a mad plot to unlock the vaunted secrets of the Great Library of Caeli-Enas, drowned in the fabled city at the bottom of the sea, its strangeness visible from the skies above. In a novel of startling originality and riveting suspense, these three people, reflecting all the hopes and dreams of the ancient city, risk everything for a future that they can create only by throwing off the shackles of tradition and superstition, as their destinies collide at ground zero of a conflagration that will transform the world . . . or destroy it. Unwrapped Sky is a stunningly original debut by Rjurik Davidson, a young master of the New Weird. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.
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Format: ebook
ISBN: 9781429948388 (1429948388)
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy, Mythology
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Isa Lavinia
Isa Lavinia rated it
3.0 Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson
ARC provided by Tor Books through Netgalley Caeli-Amur, an ancient city, a relic of a golden age long since past where pieces of broken technology are trinkets that adorn cramped houses. It's a place where minotaurs exist alongside philosopher-assassins, a place abandoned by the gods and lef...
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite
Summer Reading Project, BookLikes Satellite rated it
2.0 Unwrapped Sky, by Rjurik Davidson
Rjurik Davidson's Unwrapped Sky should have been catnip for me. There were minotaurs and sirens, mysterious alien creatures, trapped gods, and an ancient city on the brink of revolution. Davidson lavished words on his settings, but I found many of the characters—especially the chief antagonist—to be...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it
4.0 "We cannot be representations of the new world. We are only here to usher it in."
**NOTE: All quotations are taken from an uncorrected digital galley and are therefore provisional. Quotes will be corrected when the book is released.** Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson Recommended for: fans of grimdark high/epic fantasy Long ago, so the legends say, a war between the gods rippe...
bookaneer
bookaneer rated it
4.0 "We cannot be representations of the new world. We are only here to usher it in."
**NOTE: All quotations are taken from an uncorrected digital galley and are therefore provisional. Quotes will be corrected when the book is released.** Unwrapped Sky by Rjurik Davidson Recommended for: fans of grimdark high/epic fantasy Long ago, so the legends say, a war between the gods rippe...
altheaann
altheaann rated it
5.0 Unwrapped Sky
It's always an unexpected pleasure to discover a new author this good.Davidson starts this tale with a shocking scene, and keeps the energy going all the way through to the end. As I said in my review of the author's short story, 'Nighttime in Caeli-Amur,' Davidson excels at creating characters who ...
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