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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560 pages

Average rating: 8.17

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Paukku
May 25, 2024
6/10 stars
Three and a half stars. I really enjoy Rollins' science thrillers. Some of my favourite. This was a departure as I was unfamiliar with his fantasy novels written as James Clemens. Rollins went big with this book. He created a complex world for his characters. And for the most part I really enjoyed the story. It does, however, suffer from what almost almost epic fantasy books suffer from in the beginning and that's the "set up". There is so much world-building, explanation, and character introduction that it does at times feels slow-paced and confusing. However, Rollins does weave a good tale and despite my impatience for the story to "just get on with it" at time, overall this is a good start to what looks like an entertaining series.

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