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grayjay 's review for:
The Snow Queen
by Joan D. Vinge
The Winters and their Snow Queen have ruled Tiamat for 150 years, slaughtering the peaceful mers for their blood, which confirs everlasting youth. Colonists from the off-world Hegemony keep the Winters comfortable with advanced technology in exchange for this water of life.
But everything is about to change when astronomical events move the planet out of the Hegemony's reach, the summer season transforms Tiamat, and the Summer class chooses a Queen and takes over rulership.
A summer girl named Moon, having recently been initiated into a mysterious sect of seers, and her betrothed cousin Sparks, who was rejected from the order, are separated and make their way to the capital of Tiamat to find each other and their destinies.
I enjoyed the richly textured world and complex milieu of this planetary romance. It reminded me of a lighter, more youthful Dune—but with a goddess-lead paganism guiding the backdrop rather than Islam.
But everything is about to change when astronomical events move the planet out of the Hegemony's reach, the summer season transforms Tiamat, and the Summer class chooses a Queen and takes over rulership.
A summer girl named Moon, having recently been initiated into a mysterious sect of seers, and her betrothed cousin Sparks, who was rejected from the order, are separated and make their way to the capital of Tiamat to find each other and their destinies.
I enjoyed the richly textured world and complex milieu of this planetary romance. It reminded me of a lighter, more youthful Dune—but with a goddess-lead paganism guiding the backdrop rather than Islam.