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A review by sina_tavousi
The Scarab Path by Adrian Tchaikovsky
5.0
The last book of 2021, and a five-star treat.
"Shadows of the Apt" series has impeccable world-building and many amazing characters that I wish to never forget.
There's a scene in this book that fully explains its uniqueness: A Beetle-kinden (Human-Beetle hybrid) is riding a giant grasshopper into a huge battle against the desert Scorpion-kinden horde, which are riding giant scorpions, and the grasshopper is jumping high, avoiding cannon and crossbow fire, and falling on the enemy lines, wreaking havoc.
This particular book was inspired by ancient Egypt, so I loved it even more.
"Shadows of the Apt" series has impeccable world-building and many amazing characters that I wish to never forget.
There's a scene in this book that fully explains its uniqueness: A Beetle-kinden (Human-Beetle hybrid) is riding a giant grasshopper into a huge battle against the desert Scorpion-kinden horde, which are riding giant scorpions, and the grasshopper is jumping high, avoiding cannon and crossbow fire, and falling on the enemy lines, wreaking havoc.
This particular book was inspired by ancient Egypt, so I loved it even more.