Black Sun

Black Sun

Rebecca Roanhorse

#321 of 8,085 books · #54 in Fantasy

Won the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel (Adult) (2021). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 4 other awards.

Black Sun is the first book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy by Rebecca Roanhorse, whose novel Star Wars: Resistance Reborn was a New York Times bestseller. Inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas, the story is woven into a tale of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic, and was nominated for the 2021 Hugo Award and the 2020 Nebula Award for Best Novel. A god will return when the earth and sky converge under the black sun. In the holy city of Tova, the winter solstice is usually a time for celebration and renewal, but this year it coincides with a solar eclipse, a rare celestial event proscribed by the Sun Priest as an unbalancing of the world. Meanwhile, a ship launches from a distant city bound for Tova and set to arrive on the solstice. The captain of the ship, Xiala, is a disgraced Teek whose song can calm the waters around her as easily as it can warp a man's mind. Her ship carries one passenger. Described as harmless, the passenger, Serapio, is a young man, blind, scarred, and cloaked in destiny. As Xiala well knows, when a man is described as harmless, he usually ends up being a villain. Crafted with unforgettable characters, this is an epic adventure exploring the decadence of power amidst the weight of history and the struggle of individuals swimming against the confines of society and their broken pasts.