The story also has echoes of The Silmarillion, with the worshipped tree dying and devastating a land. The Eborans and their culture have shades of Atlantis, a highly evolved society, dying. The plot could quite easily have descended into a trope-y fantasy cliché. The antagonists are the Jure’lia, or the worm people, who are actually terrifying and, guess what, they’re returning. Couple that with the devastating disease, the Crimson Flux, which came from consuming human blood and the Eboran race has been decimated. Long lived thanks to the sap of their tree god, Ygseril, which died at the end of the Eighth Rain leaving the Eborans to slowly die out. The story starts with the Eborans, an Atlantian-type of being known for their long life, high culture, unique look and, eventually, desperate, war mongering bloodsucking. At its heart, the story is a very simple one, although it is told in a very new and fascinating way. The characters are interesting and well written as was the story. It has everything I enjoy in fantasy, an epic past and future with an intimate present.
I found The Ninth Rain to be a very enjoyable read.
For the Jure’lia are coming, and the Ninth Rain must fall… Even when they are joined by a fugitive witch with a tendency to set things on fire, the prospect of facing down monsters and retrieving ancient artefacts is preferable to the abomination he left behind.īut not everyone is willing to let the Eboran empire collapse, and the adventurers are quickly drawn into a tangled conspiracy of magic and war.
When eccentric explorer, Lady Vincenza ‘Vintage’ de Grazon, offers him employment, he sees an easy way out. Better to be amongst the living, where there are taverns full of women and wine. Tormalin the Oathless has no taste for sitting around waiting to die while the realm of his storied ancestors falls to pieces – talk about a guilt trip. Goodreads summary: The great city of Ebora once glittered with gold.
Normally, I regret downloading books promoted on iBooks (*cough*GildedCage*cough*) but in this instance, thankfully, I have discovered the first book in what seems to be a very promising series. I read the blurb and thought it sounded interesting so I decided to give it a go. The Ninth Rain by Jen Williams is the first in the Winnowing Flames trilogy and is a book that I hadn’t even heard about until I was browsing iBooks one day and I found it as a free download.
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