Name: The Spirit of a Rising Sun by K. R. Galindez
Item: The Spirit of a Rising Sun
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The Spirit of a Rising Sun by K. R. Galindez is a fantasy adventure in the vein of Game of Thrones that keeps a quick pacing of action and intrigue within a solidly constructed fictional universe full of rich detail. The protagonist of the tale is Oyza, a minister’s daughter who serves as the major antagonist to Liviana, a cunning warrior-queen known as Blacklance.

Oyza is imprisoned in a dungeon at the start of the narrative, and Liviana is the cause. Oyza encounters Yars, a robber and witchdust addict with a penchant for rum (imagine an adult version of Disney’s Aladdin), in the prison. Yars is the endearing, reluctant hero archetype—a drunken outlaw that the heroine with lofty goals gradually shapes into a hero in time for the crucial conflict.

With its own book titles, oaths, many ages and epochs, fragments of languages, and melodies, the book’s world is vast and complex. The ministers and priests of the various nations, which are all at war with one another or uneasy friends, are all vying for political dominance within their respective nations.

On one end of the scale, there is a priestly class known as the Celesterium, and on the other, there is a mead-drinking Viking-like tribe known as the Men without Gods. The places are known by their recognisable, allusive names, such as Goldfall, the Emerald Isles, and the Shimmering Woods.

The “Shimwood,” as its 50,000 residents refer to it, is reminiscent of Robin Hood’s Sherwood Forest. Called The Ungoverned, these rebels are a main target of those who prefer everyone to be under their yoke. Without knights and other warriors, it wouldn’t be fantasy, and Galindez gives us plenty of them, including Sir Yirig, Liviana’s chief bodyguard, who is reminiscent of the Mountain and Hound from Game of Thrones.

Captain Seralus, captain of the Chandelier Lover, is a fascinating character as well. He reminds me of Captain Shakespeare from the Stardust movie. We follow several tales that progressively merge for the Act Three conclusion, which leaves things beautifully open-ended for a sequel, as you could also anticipate from a fantasy novel.

The Spirit of a Rising Sun is focused on family lines, some of which are kept a secret for the majority of the book. This is one of my favourite components of the book. Families supply the micro storylines that support and personalise the macro fantasy-trope stories by coming together, abandoning and betraying one another, and in other ways. This book should be on your reading list if you enjoy fantasy.

About The Book

Oyza yearns for revolution—an impossible dream with her lifetime prison sentence. Fueled by the destruction of her home and years of servitude, she reads the smuggled texts of the Ungoverned and dreams of a future that can never be. But the arrival of a new prisoner, Yars, reignites Oyza’s courage. She finds herself capable of more than she ever imagined.

To fight their way to their own freedom, they must fight for something bigger: freedom for their homeland. Between an invasion by godless gunwielders, a heartless commander who’s determined to kill Oyza, and webs of secrets and lies woven through their world, it will take all their strength and wits to survive. When blood is spilled, how much will be their own?

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