Three Kinds of North

, #1

by

eBook, 313 pages

Published Feb. 8, 2023

ASIN:
B0BTM9TZ8X
5 stars (1 review)

A distant future. A recovering world.

Remnants of a shattered moon traverse the skies, memorials to an ancient and nearly-forgotten conflict. In an isolated northern land, society is overseen by the reclusive, all-female, Guild of Dawnsingers, which holds a monopoly on advanced learning. Life seems peaceful and well-ordered. But are the Dawnsingers as benevolent as they seem? What secrets are they hiding?

And what really lies beyond the mountains in the East?

Orphan Jerya unexpectedly finds a home in the Dawnsingers' Guild, but her new life turns sour. Soon she finds herself struggling to reconcile the exhilaration of learning with her growing doubts about the very basis of the Guild's rule. Ultimately she faces an agonising choice which could utterly change her life, and the lives of her two most trusted friends.

1 edition

reviewed Three Kinds of North by Jon Sparks (Shattered Moon, #1)

I've Got a Secret

5 stars

For me, character and setting define a book. The plot is just what happens when characters and setting interact. In this book, Jon Sparks has created a believable post-apocalyptic world and peopled it with engaging and captivating people. More than that, he gave them something interesting to do.

From the first, Jerya and her friend Rodal embark on a journey that is only partly measured by geography as they both seek to find their way in a world beyond their limited experience. The guild, the village, with world as they know it all work together to weave a tale that could end any number of ways. That uncertainty held right up to the end. Hardly a surprise, it simply defined a path and left me to wait for the next leg in the journey.

Highly Recommended.