The snow queen vinge novel5/30/2023 ![]() But none of it will mean anything unless Moon can keep them from destroying themselves. ![]() There are so many different levels of conspiracy and technology and religion that is difficult to grasp it all at once. There are layers upon layers of political scheming in this universe, so deep that no single character can explain it all. ![]() The world of Tiamat and the Hegemony is as large and complex and ancient as the world of Arrakis and its empire, perhaps larger it is so large that it is not even apparent that this is the future of humankind as we know it until you get deep into it. As the book continues, however, it becomes clear that Moon is unique, as she is the only one with the ability to see the truth about their place in the universe, and the only one trusted with the secret of the sybil mind.īut it is so much more than Dune, really. Instead of featuring one man with a unique ability, it stars Moon, a woman who is seemingly less than unique she is the clone of the current queen of Tiamat. Instead of sandworms and the Spice, Tiamat has dolphin-like mers and the Water of Life. Instead of a planet that is almost entirely desert, Tiamat is a planet almost entirely ocean. ![]() It is a book about the changing of power on a planet, much like Dune. The best one-line description of this book that I can come up with is this: Imagine if "Dune" had been written by a female anthropologist. ![]()
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