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The Serpent Sea (2012)

by Martha Wells(Favorite Author)

4.1 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1597803324 (ISBN13: 9781597803328)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Night Shade Books

series

The Books of the Raksura

review 1: Once a lonely wanderer, Moon is now consort to Jade, sister of the Inidgo Cloud Court. He soon realizes that being a consort has its share of responsibilities, particularly when the colony returns to their ancestral forest after fleeing the conquering Fell only to find it deserted and dying. Now he must search high and low using his place in matriarchal Raksura society and his experience as an outside to hunt down the thing that could save their home. Wells' follow up The Cloud Roads widens the Raksura mythos that introduces us to a whole new civilization including a city that is built on the back of a giant beast, powerful sorcerers and a populace that views Raksurans as monsters. Despite her lack in description (we're never really clear on what non-Raksura "groundlings" ... morelook like), Wells manages to power through on utter creativity and characterization. Using its foreign protagonist to delve into the politics of gender and belonging, this is a book SF readers who are looking for something out of the ordinary will find fascinating.
review 2: 2.5 stars. I love that this fantasy is non-human, and I love the characters themselves, the world and the relationships. I didn't care at all for the main plot arc - I could have done completely without the drama of the big emergency and all the fight scenes, and focused entirely on Moon and his cultural adjustments and the internal politics. Ditto for book 1. Also be warned that this is only any good if you've read book 1. less

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