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"In THE NINTH WIND, Moses Siregar takes readers to a fascinating new world where politics, magic, and adventure mingle in exciting and profound ways. If you like fantasy, you'll love this!" --NYT Bestseller David Farland THE NINTH WIND SPEAKS FOR THE DEAD … The Ancestors whisper of rebellion, their breath a cold blue wind in the forests and hills of Andars. The Rezzian occupation lingers, dragging the folk of the hills through bitterness and despair. Three siblings stand ready to challenge the Kingdom of Rezzia. Their fates have long been seen by the primordial Orns: one by Angst, one by Fidelity, one by Wrath. Idonea searches the dark wood to master the magic of the three sacred trees. Skye pursues omens to lead his shield-brothers to victory over Rezzia's legions. As armies battle for control of the Andaran hills, Dag calls out so that he may become as impenetrable as Altrea, allowing nothing to bend him, or turn him, or break him, so that he may stand and defend his kin. The ten gods of Rezzia and their lions stand in his way. The Ninth Wind is the long-awaited return to Moses Siregar III’s award-winning epic fantasy series, Splendor and Ruin. Drawing on Norse, Greek, and Indian mythologies, the Ninth Wind is a tale of betrayal and retribution, of gods and sages and witches, of fearless journeys and magical awakenings. It is a tale of honor, devotion, and valor. An adult tale of the children of wind and wood. ________ "... I’ve been lucky enough to get my hands on an early copy of The Ninth Wind by Moses Siregar, a terrific Indy writer who I think is going to blow up big when this comes out. A top tier epic fantasy from him." --Jonathan Wood, author of NO HERO
The Ninth Wind (Epic Fantasy, Book I of Splendor and Ruin), by Moses Siregar III- Amazon Sales Rank: #681121 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-05-18
- Released on: 2015-05-18
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful. I particularly like how different magic/belief systems work together By Bryan I have been waiting for this book for a LONG TIME. When I finally got my hands on it I promised myself to talk it slow and not read more than a flew chapters a day. Of course I finished it sometime that night! I just couldn't help myself. I had high expectations for this book and the author met all of them! I particularly like how different magic/belief systems work together. The treated not like separate systems, but as different part of the same tapestry with each one connecting to the other. I still have a lot of questions, but I am sure that they will be answered in a later work. I can't wait for the Gods divide.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Are you brave enough to go where the villains are people, too? By Winchester13 When you pick up The Ninth Wind, what you may not realize is that you're getting not only a rich, detailed, fantasy world to dive into, but a thoughtful social and spiritual commentary as well. This book is not simply a gratuitous fantasy full of magic and quests (and I've read those, and nothing wrong with that at all). Unless you're trying very hard to keep your frontal lobes under lock and key, The Ninth Wind will make you think. And re-think. Seriously, I've read a metric crap-ton of fantasy, and not much of it has made me contemplate anything beyond the plot at hand. Impressive.On some level, Siregar's characters are archetypal (which I like), and yet on another level he breaks from tropes. I think the most important theme, with all his characters, is that even though there are people whose goals seem detestable, whose actions make the reader uncomfortable, the author is able to present these with the rare insight that there truly are no villains. The motivations of each character are clear (except in cases where Siregar wishes to make them mysterious), and the reader can see how their actions are perfectly reasonable given their cultural background, even if those actions are at cross-purposes to other characters' goals. A point is being made here, and (in my opinion) it is that we need to begin recognizing the humanity of people all over the world, no matter how strange and different they may seem to us. That each of us is, to some extent, a product of our environments, and it is very easy for us to say what other people “ought to do” without having lived the exact same life that person has. This was probably my main takeaway from this book: the idea that everyone, everywhere, is doing what they think is right. It’s hard to hate even the “villains” with this knowledge in mind. Branching off from this notion, is another, more uplifting ideal, and that is, for example, in the figures of Rao and Lucia, leaders of the two respective nations of Pawelon and Rezzia, that there are still people who are able to see beyond the constraints of their social/religious heritage to greater patterns that affect not just one people, but all peoples. And that they not only are able to see this, but the take action, at great personal risk and typically the disapproval of their nation’s leadership, to do what they feel is the right thing. In the case of The Ninth Wind, this is often attempting to promote peace when everyone else is chomping at the bit for war.This book opens in the mountain territory of Andars and shows the betrayal and massacre of a people by the military of the neighboring kingdom of Rezzia. As the Andarans recuperate from their losses, Skye and his sister Idonea each vow, in their own separate ways, to be ready for the Rezzians next time. Skye through being the spirit of his Tria, the Andaran three man fighting unit, and Idonea through the forbidden magic of the volwa.Meanwhile, while there is a tenuous peace being held between the kingdoms of Rezzia and Pawelon, thanks to the efforts of their two leaders Queen Lucia and Rao, the Rajah, others among their respective leadership groups long to return to more traditional ideals, and those don’t include peace. These two heads of state have to negotiate the tricky waters of making their own people happy without starting another war like the one they scarified so much to end in The Black God’s War, the first book of this series.There is, of course, a journey, and our Andaran friends travel to seek support from Pawelon, should Rezzia become aggressive again. The religious leaders in Rezzia, not thrilled with having a woman leading the military in Queen Lucia, are actively trying to find a reason to return to Andars and bring the gods of Lux Lucis to “those heathens in the North”, as it were. I should stop here so as not to spoil the plot, suffice to say there is now a race to see if the right minds can be convinced to keep Andars and Rezzia from going to war.There are a number of other things going on, of course. Skye is trying to handle his spiritual role, and things are not going as well as he’d hoped. Idonea is growing in her magical abilities and is faced with successively more difficult decisions about what is right to do with her power. Queen Lucia wants peace but is being heaped with mounting pressure for battles in the name of her nation’s gods.Much like The Black God’s War, events will not go the way you assume, I don’t care how much fantasy you’ve read. Siregar will have you undecided until the final moments as to what the outcome will be. It is all both hopeful and wonderful, and tragic, much like the real world. The setup is perfect for the third book, and I do hope the author is scribbling away as we speak. But if there is a long wait, it will be my pleasure to go read the first two books again and get reacquainted.If you’re looking for something that will challenge your brain and your sense of certainty about humanity, all wrapped into a textured, tangible fantasy world, just do yourself a favor and one-click this book right now. Do eeeet.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Sprawling Epic Fantasy World Building By Kenneth B. Soward NO MAJOR SPOILERS.Very happy to give this book a solid 4+ stars. A little long, but charged with great world building and philosophical weaving that will make an impression on you for days after you are done.As some other reviewers noted, it's quite apparent the author has spent a great deal of time building this rich world. The Andars, a place of forests, mountains, and magic, where various types of trees are conduits to specific powers. The relationship of the volwa (a kind of witch) to the woods and people of Andars, and the fact that the volwas are actually shunned by the very people they are sworn to protect. There are also the lands of Pawelon (full of sages) and Rezzia (people given power through the worship of their ten gods) revisited as our protagonists try to keep the Rezzians off their land and stop a war they know is comingThere are some amazing lines in this book. Among them, "The Ninth Wind told me, your life and death are a perfect expression of one time and one place, of one fantasy, one journey, one droplet among the countless dreams in the eternal starry sea."The plot has moments of brilliance although at times gets a little drawn out. Saved, though, by the author's weaving of philosophy and mythology into his world building.Strangely enough, I rather enjoyed revisiting with Rao and Lucia (characters from the prequel - The Black God's War) and felt more tied to them than I did the three main Children of Andars, Skye, Dag, and Idonea.I think this is because the Andars characters were written with a good deal of what I thought was over emotion or misplaced emotion. And the idea that the Andars folk had very strong community and personal values, yet still held secrets from one another because they didn't trust their own brothers or sisters (emotionally) to handle the information. As outcasts or "wildlings" I would have liked to see the Children of Andars be more honest and raw. I guess at times the Children of Andars, even the adults, seemed a lot like ... well, children. But they were innocent, lovable, and brutal at times in their strength and passion, and I'm sure these characters will resonate with a good many readers of epic fantasy.All that being said, there's a lot of brilliance at play here. The author has set some serious events in motion, a great story and plot leading into the next book which includes some amazing interplay between Rezzia's Ten Gods, and Wrath, a sort of dormant goddess of the Andars people. The sages of Pawelon even get in on the action, which is a nice little twist.If you enjoy sprawling epic fantasy, you will enjoy The Ninth Wind.
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