The Starless Crown (Moonfall, 1)
An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary New York Times bestselling adventure from thriller-master James Rollins.
A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.
Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts:
A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.
A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own.
An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact - one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.
On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.
But with each passing moment, doom draws closer.
WHO WILL CLAIM THE STARLESS CROWN?
The Moonfall Series:
The Starless Crown
The Cradle of Ice
A Dragon of Black Glass
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Community Reviews
This one has a rickety start for me - I was intrigued by a world that was similar to ours and yet not quite - waiting for it to fall into place in my understanding - which it eventually does.
The action picks up as our group of heroes bandies together to prevent an astronomical catastrophe. What particularly appealed to me about the world building was the concept of the bridle-song, which is the innate rhythm of nature and all things natural, which can be sung to and bonded with. The story is decently peppered with otherworldly creatures, but the dialogue seems slightly stunted. The characters need to speak in ways that help distinguish them from one another. I do like the characters of Frell, a man of learning and wisdom, and the second-born Prince Kanthe, who is flawed yet likeable.
All in all, I’m excited to see what the sequel brings.
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