The Cloud Roads

, #1

No cover

Martha Wells: The Cloud Roads (EBook, Night Shade Books)

ebook, 466 pages

English language

Published by Night Shade Books.

ISBN:
978-1-59780-303-8
Copied ISBN!

View on Inventaire

4 stars (9 reviews)

Moon has spent his life hiding what he is — a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself... someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community. What this stranger doesn't tell Moon is that his presence will tip the balance of power... that his extraordinary lineage is crucial to the colony's survival... and that his people face extinction at the hands of the dreaded Fell! Now Moon must overcome a lifetime of conditioning in order to save himself... and his newfound kin.

7 editions

Found Family in a delightfully imaginative setting

5 stars

Moon, the main character of the Raksura series, shares a great many characteristics with Murderbot: he's isolated, traumatized, often inspires fear in others through no fault of his own, and doesn't know where he belongs or how to fit in. Naturally, the first book is mostly concerned with reuniting Moon with his people and chronicling the joys and pains of integrating into this complex society. The plot is slightly predictable, but this is easily compensated for by the sheer originality of the setting: one of the few fantasy books/series I've read that does not bother with the conceit of fitting human society into a world where magic exists, but rather imagines a world where magic is just another routine natural force. There are no humans in this world but there are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sentient humanoid species, and just as many sentient non-humanoids. There are also floating islands, flying …

reviewed The Cloud Roads by Martha Wells (The Books of the Raksura, #1)

On apprécie les lézards volants dans cette maison

4 stars

Si on m'avait dit que je lirais un livre sur une espèce qui est mixte entre lézards et piafs, qui suit une hiérarchie proche des abeilles/insectes de ruches et qui vivent dans des arbres géants. Je ne les aurais pas cru, encore moins s'ils m'avaient dit que j'apprécierais autant que je le fais maintenant.

La saga Raksuras se déroulent dans un monde fantastique avec plusieurs espèces avec leurs propres civilisations qui se partagent plusieurs territoires sur un continent (dont j'ai oublié le nom, chute). On suit le protagoniste, Moon, lors de sa première acclimations dans l'arbre géant qui leurs sert de maison avec ses semblables après avoir passé la grande partie de sa vie ignorant de ses origines au point de ne pas connaître le nom de son espèce : les Raksuras.

Bien sûr, tout ne peut pas être simplement un slice of life remplis des incompréhension de notre protagoniste …

avatar for phraserbrown@bookwyrm.social

rated it

3 stars
avatar for kfet

rated it

3 stars