List Containing Books The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
| Title | : | The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1) |
| Author | : | J.Y. Yang |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 236 pages |
| Published | : | September 26th 2017 by Tor.com |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. LGBT. Novella. GLBT. Queer |
J.Y. Yang
Paperback | Pages: 236 pages Rating: 3.78 | 5662 Users | 1095 Reviews
Explanation During Books The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
The Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of standalone introductions to JY Yang's Tensorate Series. For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red Threads of Fortune Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While his sister received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. What's more, he saw the sickness at the heart of his 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 to play a pawn in his 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 his sister Mokoya. Can Akeha find peace without shattering the bond he shares with his twin sister?Present Books Conducive To The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
| Original Title: | The Black Tides of Heaven |
| ISBN: | 076539541X (ISBN13: 9780765395412) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tensorate #1 |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novella (2018), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novella (2017), World Fantasy Award Nominee for Novella (2018) |
Rating Containing Books The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
Ratings: 3.78 From 5662 Users | 1095 ReviewsAssess Containing Books The Black Tides of Heaven (Tensorate #1)
This was truly delightful. I think the only issue I had was that it was abbreviated where it could have been made into a truly moving story if it had a little more flesh on its bones. It worked really well as is, but I think it could have been superlative with a little more space.CONTENT WARNING: (view spoiler)[emotional abuse, torture, death of children (hide spoiler)]Things to love:-The take on gender. Hard to miss and hard not to love. A culture that does not force gender, and even postpones"Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as children. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While his sister received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. What's more, he saw the sickness at the heart of his mother's Protectorate."I was feeling a little too much reality in my end of year Asian focused reading and came across a review of
4.5 starsThis was exquisite.
Tremendous and highly original fantasy novella, one of a pair starting a series. You know how loads of fantasy is set in a sort of not-Europe-but-really? This is set in a not-Asia, with Chinese, Japanese and Nepalese echoes rather than the standard German, Italian, Ruritanian. Beautifully delineated world, lovely social, political and magical development. And the gender! Kids are all 'they' until they pick a gender, which they can do aged three or sixteen or never. A default they for everyone.
I was really impressed with J.Y. Yang's The Black Tides of Heaven. This was a novella that felt like reading an entire novel because of everything that it covered. The world building was phenomenal, what they did with gender in this was fantastic, especially the entire coronation of picking the gender. I love books that are about siblings and that is one main reason why I loved this story. I like twin stories even more, so this book really delivered for me. A great little plot, an amazing world
The Black Tides of Heaven is a beautiful story about twins, fate and finding your own path. It follows a young person trying to find his agency in a world that has always seen him as an afterthought, as someone unimportant and passive, and he decides to fight against that. It's also a story about the complexity of family ties.JY Yang is now one of my favorite authors.When I read their novelette Waiting on a Bright Moon earlier this year, I knew I had to try their novella series. And The Black
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