Mirrored Heavens
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The interwoven destinies of the people of Meridian will finally be determined in this stunning conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse’s Between Earth and Sky trilogy. Even the sea cannot stay calm before the storm. —Teek saying Serapio, avatar of the Crow God Reborn and the newly crowned Carrion King, rules Tova. But his enemies gather both on distant shores and within his own city as the matrons of the clans scheme to destroy him. And deep in the alleys of the Maw, a new prophecy is whispered, this one from the Coyote God. It promises Serapio certain doom if its terrible dictates are not fulfilled. Meanwhile, Xiala is thrust back amongst her people as war comes first to the island of Teek. With their way of life and their magic under threat, she is their last best hope. But the sea won’t talk to her the way it used to, and doubts riddle her mind. She will have to sacrifice the things that matter most to unleash her powers and become the queen they were promised. And in the far northern wastelands, Naranpa, avatar of the Sun God, seeks a way to save Tova from the visions of fire that engulf her dreams. But another presence has begun stalking her nightmares, and the Jaguar God is on the hunt. Nominated for the Nebula, Lambda, Locus, and Hugo Awards, winner of the Alex Award from the American Library Association and the Ignyte Award from Fiyah magazine, the Between Earth and Sky trilogy is amongst our most lauded modern fantasy series from The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA TODAY bestselling author Rebecca Roanhorse.
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3 primary booksBetween Earth and Sky
Between Earth and Sky is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2020 with contributions by Rebecca Roanhorse.
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Wow wow wow. “Mirrored Heavens is the culmination of a dream,” Roanhorse writes in her end Acknowledgments. An amazing and exquisite and satisfying one, and I’m so ashamed to have doubted that she would finish the series. This is a worthy finale to a powerful epic.
Also brutal. So much intrigue, plotting, treachery, betrayal, cruelty and death. And kindness and love and complexity. Roanhorse kept me on my toes, played with my sympathies and my heart. What I most admire about her is that when she writes about gods she makes them truly, utterly incomprehensible. <i>That is how gods should be to us!</i> By understanding that, she creates a world that is fascinating and, more importantly, fair. Not in the justice sense; I mean in the sense of not cheating. Nobody is all good or all evil or simple. Evil things happen, as do good things, and some people try their best to swing things one way or the other, and ... well, the story is a good one, rich and fulfilling all the way to the last page.
Warning: like with Fevered Star, Roanhorse makes no allowances for readers who might not remember every detail of the first two books. So, reread them or prepare for a rocky ride.
Mirrored Heavens is the third (and final!) book in the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. If you are not familiar, this is a fantasy series set in what feels like the Indigenous Americas. The book uses multiple points of view to follow the leaders of various clans who are fighting for power. By the time we get to the third book, the real battle is between a few of the gods and their human vessels.
This book (and series) is really, really wonderful. It has it all? Original world-building. A suspenseful plot. Delightful prose. But the strongest point are the complex characters. There are many characters, but not so many as to be confusing. And no one is one-dimensional. You might want to separate them into “good guys” and “bad guys,” but it's very hard to do. And yet, it all resolves at the end. Ending a series is a tough thing to do well, but this one managed it.
Strong recommend! I think the first book (Black Sun) is the best, but the other two are very very good as well. Totally worth reading, and now the trilogy is done so it's binge-able as well.
I really, really liked this finale. The whole trilogy is a win for me, and I recommend for epic fantasy fans or if you're looking for non-Euro Western fantasy. This does reinforce the idea that I should not start an epic fantasy series until it's done, because I was lost from time to time after a big read gap between this one and the second book.
