The Bloodsworn Saga 1 “No, this is my home”, Orka said, placing her palm over Thorkel’s chest. “You and Breca are my home. Wherever we are together, that is my home to me.” So what’s the book about? Three centuries ago, the gods of the north fought each other in a bloody war, bringing themselves…
Tag: Icy Setting
The Girl and the Mountain – Mark Lawrence
The Book of the Ice 2 There had been a great fire and there had been a great flood. Both are forces of nature that sweep clean, that wipe the slate and promise a new beginning. Thurin had been the cause of the fire and of the flood. And yet both had failed to wash…
The Bear and the Nightingale – Katherine Arden
All my life,” she said, “I have been told ‘go’ and ‘come.’ I am told how I will live, and I am told how I must die. I must be a man’s servant and a mare for his pleasure, or I must hide myself behind walls and surrender my flesh to a cold, silent god….
The Girl and the Stars – Mark Lawrence
The Book of the Ice 1 “There seemed nothing else to say. Sometimes all your words are the wrong shape and none of them will fit into the silence left when the conversation pauses.” So what’s the book about? In the ice, there are different tribes that fight for their survival day after day, against…
The Reading Stray 