BL: A Shadow in Summer (Abraham, Daniel)
Daniel Abraham, A Shadow in Summer
Tor (2006) ISBN: 0-7653-1340-5
Score: 2
Start of the high fantasy Long Price quartet, about a nation kept independent by magicians who create and bind personifications of ideas (who aren't happy about being bound). This novel centers on one called Seedless who is mostly used to remove seeds from harvested cotton, though the plot is about his role as an abortionist. This is not a nice place to live in (we also see that titles of nobility pass to whichever son succeeds in killing his brothers), and I expect the events of this book will only make it worse.
Next Book: Jenny Davidson, The Explosionist
Tor (2006) ISBN: 0-7653-1340-5
Score: 2
Start of the high fantasy Long Price quartet, about a nation kept independent by magicians who create and bind personifications of ideas (who aren't happy about being bound). This novel centers on one called Seedless who is mostly used to remove seeds from harvested cotton, though the plot is about his role as an abortionist. This is not a nice place to live in (we also see that titles of nobility pass to whichever son succeeds in killing his brothers), and I expect the events of this book will only make it worse.
Next Book: Jenny Davidson, The Explosionist