TY  - BOOK
AU  - Roanhorse,Rebecca
TI  - Black sun
T2  - Between earth and sky
SN  - 9781534437678
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - Saga Press
KW  - Solar eclipses
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Winter solstice
KW  - Yule (Festival)
KW  - Prophecies
KW  - Magic
KW  - Ocean travel
KW  - Fate and fatalism
KW  - Fantasy fiction
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Maps on endpapers; "A novel"--Jacket
N2  - "The the first book in [this trilogy is] inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic. 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. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. 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. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain"--Provided by publisher
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