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    The Black Tides of Heaven
    The Black Tides of Heaven
    The Black Tides of Heaven
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Black Tides of Heaven

    Written by Neon Yang

    Narrated by Nancy Wu

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    About this audiobook

    Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as infants. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While Mokoya received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. What's more, they saw the sickness at the heart of their mother's Protectorate.

    A rebellion is growing. The Machinists discover new levers to move the world every day, while the Tensors fight to put them down and preserve the power of the state. Unwilling to continue as a pawn in their mother's twisted schemes, Akeha leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels. But every step Akeha takes towards the Machinists is a step away from Mokoya. Can Akeha find peace without shattering the bond they share with their twin?

    Editor's Note

    Gorgeous language…

    The novella unrolls like a beautiful silk thread, starting from when the protagonist was a baby until he is in his 30s. The world-building is subtle — there are supernatural abilities located in “The Slack,” but the magic doesn’t dominate the plot. Instead, it’s the protagonist’s journey to figure out who he is that is the focus. There’s a subtle, lovely romance, gorgeous language underpinning the plot, and a satisfying resolution.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateJun 25, 2019
    ISBN9781684575169
    The Black Tides of Heaven
    Author

    Neon Yang

    Neon Yang (they/them) is a queer non-binary author based in the UK. They have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Lambda Literary, Ignyte, and Locus Awards, and their Tensorate series of novells (The Red Threads of Fortune, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Descent of Monsters and The Ascent to Godhood) was an Otherwise Award Honoree. In previous incarnations, Neon was a molecular biologist, a science communicator, a writer for animation, games and comic studios, and a journalist for one of Singapore's major papers.

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    • 2/5
      This book had ever element that I love in a fantasy book. Interesting world building, queer characters (!), a vicious queen and a struggle for survival... so I listened all the way to the end, but maybe I should have just left it halfway through. The author gave us some great characters but didn't really... do anything with them? The two main relationships in the book literally happened in the span of a page or two. No build up, no chemistry, just dolls smooshing faces basically. We're TOLD that they love each other and would die for each other but we never actually SEE them falling in love or interacting in any deep way. That would be okay if the focus was the political struggle but honestly all of that happened "off screen" too. This author had a really great idea, and they wrote very well in terms of generally nice prose, but there was no heart in it. There was no reason for me to care about any of it at any point. Very disappointing.

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    • 5/5
      Wow. It's a must read honestly.



      The world building was perfect. I love when i can read a sci-fi book and not need to make notes about the science or technology because it's actually explained well enough or imbedded into the world enough that i am not questioning things.

      The relationship of the twins, Mokoya and Akeha invoked so much emotion so quickly for me. My sibling is my very best friend and greatest confidant so seeing that dynamic in the book and the loss of that definitely got to me.
    • 2/5
      The narrator was great but the story itself was sooooo confusing that if you asked me to tell you a summary I wouldn’t know how too
    • 3/5
      An interesting worldbuilding but the book felt rushed and the characters felt distant, time skips didn’t help the case. However I might not have been in a fantasy mood.
    • 5/5
      Absolutely loved this and cannot wait to listen to the other ones in this series. The story is fantastic and the idea of choosing your gender to confirm as is really unique and I absolutely love that idea.
    • 5/5
      Deep, visceral, heartbreaking- a new world of story telling and fortune. Unapologetically queer. Can’t wait to listen to the next one.