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Loading... Stoneskin: Prequel to the Deep Witches Trilogy (edition 2017)by K.B. Spangler (Author)
Work InformationStoneskin by K.B. Spangler
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Belongs to SeriesDeep Witches (prequel)
Three thousand years from now, galactic transportation relies on the sentient energy field known as the Deep. Its immortal human emissaries call themselves Witches, and they control how the Deep is used. When eight-year-old Tembi Moon wakes on an unfamiliar world, she knows the Deep has to be involved, but to leave her home planet and become a Witch herself? No, that life isn¿t for her.Or so she thought.At sixteen, Tembi takes her rightful place with the other Witches. They believe the Deep is a tool; Tembi knows it¿s a person with its own hopes and dreams, and a wicked sense of humor! With a war coming that could cost the lives of millions, Tembi has to find a way to convince the Witches that the Deep wants them to join the fight.Because something worse than war is coming, and the Deep needs its Witches to be ready.STONESKIN is a prequel to the DEEP WITCH TRILOGY, coming soon. No library descriptions found. |
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Only a few pages in, I thought: “Right, this is going to be a NICE book, YA sci-fi novel that knows exactly what it’s doing. Yay!”
The book drops you in the middle of the action right away, so the worldbuilding feels quick and effortless. For a reader, it’s like putting on a pair of well-worn slippers. I still have quite a few questions, but I hope they will be answered in the next book – because I’ll definitely read it.
Tembi, the main character, is cool, inquisitive, eager, badass, has anger management issues and keeps her head (mostly) cool in a crisis. I adored her. Coming of age stories and plots where someone with special abilities goes to a very special school have been told countless times before. Telling such a story yet again, without making the reader yawn and cringe, is impressive.
I really enjoyed the idea of Deep, the alien intelligence, and its efforts to communicate and build relationships with Tembi and other Witches.
The second half of the book gets darker and darker – there is war and genocide, complicity through inaction, difficult choices.
And wait, supply chains? A sci-fi book that takes supply chains seriously? Give me more, please.
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