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Title: Soleri
Author: Michael Johnston
Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-18-17
Publisher: Recorded Books
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Fantasy: Epic
Publisher's Summary:
The first in a new epic fantasy series inspired by ancient Egyptian history and King Lear
The ruling family of the Soleri Empire has been in power longer than even the calendars that stretch back 2,826 years. Those records tell a history of conquest and domination by a people descended from gods, older than anything in the known world. No living person has seen them for centuries, yet their grip on their four subjugate kingdoms remains tighter than ever.
On the day of the annual eclipse, the Harkan king, Arko-Hark Wadi, sets off on a hunt and shirks his duty rather than bow to the emperor. Ren, his son and heir, is a prisoner in the capital, while his daughters struggle against their own chains. Merit, the eldest, has found a way to stand against imperial law and marry the man she desires, but needs her sister's help, and Kepi has her own ideas.
Meanwhile, Sarra Amunet, Mother Priestess of the sun god's cult, holds the keys to the end of an empire and a past betrayal that could shatter her family.
Detailed and historical, vast in scope and intricate in conception, Soleri bristles with primal magic and unexpected violence. It is a world of ancient and elaborate rites, of unseen power and kingdoms ravaged by war, where victory comes with a price, and every truth conceals a deeper secret.
Members Reviews:
Great book!
Great book, wife and I read it together and canât wait for next one.
Five Stars
Really good
Great book!
One of my favorite books I have read. I went into this book knowing nothing about it nor the author. Cannot wait for the next in the series!
I don't want to just watch things fall apart.
Interesting, even though it didn't quite land for me. I got this as an ARC from Tor last month; that it took me until the book's release to finish it is probably a sign of something or other. Part of it's that I'm not in the target audience right now -- this is packed with action and intrigue as rulers (or would-be rulers) scrabble for power in a hollow empire, trying to shore up their places as the world crumbles around them. Overlooked daughters try to come into their own power, abandoned sons turn away from thrones that they've never known... and unfortunately, we bounce around just a _little_ too much for me to get attached to any of them. Secrets are hoarded, potential allies are turned away, and everyone is just grasping enough to let victories slip away from them. It's well written, and very page-turning when I was actually reading, but I also never felt very good about going back to it. I fully admit that this is just me; in another time and place, the bleakness and desperation might make me want to devour this to see who might ride the wave of collapse and come out on top, but for now, it's just not going to do it for me. Let the next book give me a triumphant queen beloved by her people, or a group of friends making good, and I might come back, but I don't want to just watch things fall apart.
Definitely well worth the read
I received an early copy of this novel in return for an honest review. I really really like this one. If you like the world of ancient Egypt (it doesn't say that outright, but you get the feeling pretty easily) then this is one for you. The world building in this novel is phenomenal. You switch between characters that are tied to one another, a family.