(oversized pb; 2020: first
book in the Edomia series)
From the back cover
“At the dawn of a new Dark Age, the world of Edomia reels amid the clash of warring species, and the rise of a militant new religion from beyond the stars. Heir to the ancient Goddess-worshipping matriarchy of Taugwadeth, Princess Ashna N’rene is sent on a dangerous journey to form an alliance with her people’s most obstinate foe, the fanatical, misogynist Curions, adherents of an alien faith only recently carried to Edomia from fourth-century Earth. But success in this endeavor may be no more desirable than all-out war with the ravenous race of arachno-sapiens known as the Sc’dorim. Faced with two equally dire prospects—to become concubines for the Curions or livestock for the Sc’dorim—Ashna and her companions must fight for their own enlightened way of life, their faith, their freedom, and all they have ever loved, before their once-proud world of women passes forever into the hands of men.”
Review
Kind’s ambitious, engaging first Edomia novel mixes science fiction, horror, fantasy, high adventure, feminism, LGBT+ friendly, sexuality and R-rated elements, with situationally loquacious and fierce characters who mostly walk their talk. Its initially thick-with-universe-creating mythos is intense in the way that J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1977 encyclopedic Silmarillion is, so readers looking for an easy beach read might not immediately take to this first volume of Edomia; however, devoted readers of George R.R. Martin’s vivid Game of Thrones series and others of its complex ilk may easily fall in love with this series set-up novel (which becomes a more straightforward, still-high-toned adventure a quarter way through Edomia). Worth reading and owning, this, followed by Children of Edomia – Tales from the Edomian Mythos (Book 2).
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