Prophets of The Red Night

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Lingvo: English

Eldonita de Sophie McKeand.

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Year 1. Moon 1. Day 1.

As the people of the MthR LnD quest to create meaningful lives in this rapidly shifting future Europe, MthR’s expansion throughout land-and-mind-scapes continues to both inspire and disturb. Sara Mansfield’s resetting of the MthR LnD’s calendar to mark the advent of Singularity is causing uproar across the provinces as well as in the non-partisan state of Mont Blanc where this move is being heralded as bold, necessary and inventive; as well as political, egotistical and deeply unethical.

Added to this, the anarchic ideologies of MthR’s staunch opposition, The Red Night, are being dangerously warped by a radical faction: the self-styled Daughters of The Great Mother, Prophets of The Red Night, whose increasingly populist movement echoes a darker European history.

Throughout these upheavals, The Great Mother continues calling to her children in poetry and dreams, and as CROW haunts multiple protagonists across MthR’s virtual spaces, …

Year 1. Moon 1. Day 1.

As the people of the MthR LnD quest to create meaningful lives in this rapidly shifting future Europe, MthR’s expansion throughout land-and-mind-scapes continues to both inspire and disturb. Sara Mansfield’s resetting of the MthR LnD’s calendar to mark the advent of Singularity is causing uproar across the provinces as well as in the non-partisan state of Mont Blanc where this move is being heralded as bold, necessary and inventive; as well as political, egotistical and deeply unethical.

Added to this, the anarchic ideologies of MthR’s staunch opposition, The Red Night, are being dangerously warped by a radical faction: the self-styled Daughters of The Great Mother, Prophets of The Red Night, whose increasingly populist movement echoes a darker European history.

Throughout these upheavals, The Great Mother continues calling to her children in poetry and dreams, and as CROW haunts multiple protagonists across MthR’s virtual spaces, quantum leaps in understanding shatter across a multi-dimensional present many are struggling to grapple with, except one gifted young woman created in a lab, who has no future except that which she determinedly carves out for herself…

1 eldono

Stephanie Jane recenzis Prophets of The Red Night de Sophie McKeand

Thought-provoking post-apocalyptic scifi

4 steloj

Prophets Of The Red Night contines the intricate storytelling which began in The Madness Of Sara Mansfield and I would certainly recommend reading this trilogy in its correct order as I think that coming into the MthR Lnd part-way through could be too confusing!

This book takes readers away from Mont Blanc for much of the time, exploring the groups who are dedicated to creating MthR-free lives for themselves or bringing MthR crashing down altogether. I appreciated the complexity of the different factions involved in these struggles, especially seeing how they interact with each other and the animosity which builds as the story progresses. This felt very real and plausible. I particularly liked how McKeand portrays the groups without my feeling pushed to empathise more strongly with one or the other.

I did again sometimes feel lost in MthR's technical details and I hope the relevance of the mysterious Crow …

Prophets Of The Red Night contines the intricate storytelling which began in The Madness Of Sara Mansfield and I would certainly recommend reading this trilogy in its correct order as I think that coming into the MthR Lnd part-way through could be too confusing!

This book takes readers away from Mont Blanc for much of the time, exploring the groups who are dedicated to creating MthR-free lives for themselves or bringing MthR crashing down altogether. I appreciated the complexity of the different factions involved in these struggles, especially seeing how they interact with each other and the animosity which builds as the story progresses. This felt very real and plausible. I particularly liked how McKeand portrays the groups without my feeling pushed to empathise more strongly with one or the other.

I did again sometimes feel lost in MthR's technical details and I hope the relevance of the mysterious Crow interludes will become clear in the following novel which I plan to read soon. I loved the atmosphere of these pages however and the rhythms of the poetry - even though I couldn't always understand the language. It intrigues me that motherhood is seen equally as a symbol by both the technologically enhanced people of the MthR Lnd and also by the nature focused people wanting a return to The Great Mother, yet each side's ideas are so completely opposed to each other's.

I am very much enjoying the MthR Lnd trilogy so far. The books are relatively challenging to read and I often find myself pausing to ponder how I feel about certain characters' actions or which of their versions of society I am most drawn to myself. Prophets Of The Red Night is a thought-provoking read as well as an entertaining one.

Stephanie Jane

taksis ĝin

28-a de septembro 2023

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Science fiction

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