Her inaugural voyage into this subgenre is a hugely successful effort-one that I’m overjoyed that I have had the opportunity to read. Roanhorse is a prolific and highly touted author with Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards to her name, but to my knowledge, this is her first foray into writing a high fantasy novel.
In the confines of this book, you’ll find nuanced characters, a unique setting, beautiful prose, well-written romance, strong LGBT representation, and a captivating story. There’s so much to love about Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. 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. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. 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. The first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. Overall, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is one of my favorite books that I’ve read this year.
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