![]() ![]() If that sounds reminiscent of a recent trilogy, that’s purposeful on Leckie’s part. The narrator of the story is actually a god, and the story is told in second person. ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s a fascinating story, to be sure, but it’s made all the more complicated and interesting by the voice. The question Mawat and Eolo must answer, and the mystery that threads through The Raven Tower, is what happened to Mawat’s father and why has his uncle been able to claim the Lease for himself when Mawat was supposed to be the heir? Instead, he’s disappeared, presumably run away to avoid having to kill himself, and Mawat’s uncle is now on the throne. Only when Mawat arrives back in the capital city of Vastai after being away at the front lines, he finds out that his father is not, in fact, dying or dead. But now Mawat’s father is dying, and his final act as Lease will be to willingly sacrifice himself to the Raven. The Raven is the god that protects the kingdom of Iraden, and every generation he chooses a human Lease, currently Mawat’s father. The book centers on Eolo, assistant to Lord Mawat, who is the heir to the Raven’s Lease. “In a world where gods can only speak the truth - if what they say isn't already true, their power has to make it true, or try - one god finds itself in a fix, the only people who could help are enemies, and the god can't lie,” Leckie said, trying to summarize the complex plot in one sentence. The Raven Tower is set in a fantastical world of gods and the humans that worship them. ![]()
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