Safehold secrets!
Through Fiery Trials (Safehold #10) by David Weber
Safehold continues to be a complex, multifaceted world that pits technological development against the righteousness of the Church of God's Awaiting. Think back to the Spanish Inquisition and you're coming close to the nub of heresy and beliefs that stymie cultures unable or unwilling to look to move forward. Of course cobble this together with the story of Safehold's beginnings and the age old story of treachery, of political shifts, of narrow focuses, and the current situation becomes at least understandable.
Supposedly peace has come, at a huge price, to the Island of Charis, but holding this peace together in a world of shifting alliances is not easy.
And then there are deeply hidden secrets that will metaphorically 'throw a spanner in the works.' Merlin, the 'cybernetic avatar' is in the thick of things and it seems little may have changed. Things for me moved rather slowly in this tenth in the series, but as always Weber leads us into new vistas.
A Macmillan-Tor/Forge ARC via NetGalley
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Safehold continues to be a complex, multifaceted world that pits technological development against the righteousness of the Church of God's Awaiting. Think back to the Spanish Inquisition and you're coming close to the nub of heresy and beliefs that stymie cultures unable or unwilling to look to move forward. Of course cobble this together with the story of Safehold's beginnings and the age old story of treachery, of political shifts, of narrow focuses, and the current situation becomes at least understandable.
Supposedly peace has come, at a huge price, to the Island of Charis, but holding this peace together in a world of shifting alliances is not easy.
And then there are deeply hidden secrets that will metaphorically 'throw a spanner in the works.' Merlin, the 'cybernetic avatar' is in the thick of things and it seems little may have changed. Things for me moved rather slowly in this tenth in the series, but as always Weber leads us into new vistas.
A Macmillan-Tor/Forge ARC via NetGalley
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