Against The Wind

I received an arc in exchange for a review! I cannot really remember how I got it, but I did and I read it lol. 
This is a multi time period fantasy. It opens in a kind of scifi future with a new post-apocalyptic race known as memories. They have what is called a core, and they wear the bones of those that came before them. So, in theory, they are the actual memories of those dead and gone. Otherwise though, I was a little confused by what they were and their significance. As of the end of book one, they didn't really add to the storyline for me. One of them is watching a tape of the past, but it isn't really explained how the past—what is the actual fantasy world—was being recorded? 
The fantasy world of the past is pretty cool with what appears to be a mostly elemental based magic system. A scholar, or as most people would call him, a wizard, has the ability to move the air currents around him. He also has the burning desire to right the wrongs of the past, a bring aid to the current plague in the empire. The story's main protagonist is named Duvont, an outdoorsy type that is a fisherman by trade that lives by a swamp. Honestly the name hit me as almost French and that mixed with the rest had me picturing almost a creole type vibe thing. Duvont wants to find himself, and that starts with making his own decision to help the scholar out even though the townsfolk disagree. 
The story also features another race called the Minuun that I really wish had further description or even art for. They had me thinking of elvish type woodland creatures. These Minuun are the true landowners of the swamp, and they want it back. 
Overall, without getting more spoilery, this was interesting but not necessarily for me. I didn't dislike it by any means, but I found chunks to be confusing. Personally a 3/5* for me.