The plot combines an urban adventure, a journey, an escape and multiple unexpected twists and turns, with the scope widening and narrowing whenever necessary. The development is at an ideal pace, taking the reader inside their mind in a sometimes painful and sometimes hopeful trip. The characters change step by step, as they uncover truths about the world, about the people around them, and about themselves. You feel the eeriness of the dark alleys filled with shades, the desert's sand, the salty smell of the ocean, the emptiness of a dead island. The worldbuilding is rich, without being overwhelming. Both Raef and Seth are broken in different ways, and fighting to pull themselves together. The box contains a man, Kinos, who the priests of Hyperion desperately want to retrieve and Seth is among the Knights tasked to locate him.įrom there, we are diving deeply into the broken psych of Raef who lost everything and hopes he found something that makes his life worth living again, and into the internal struggle of Seth, with the blind faith he was taught he must have clashing with his doubts and his kind nature. Their parallel journeys start when Raef steals a box from Hyperion's temple. Seth, a Knight of the sun god Hyperion, is desperate for approval within their ranks, mocked for his inability to control the god's fire. Raef, a follower of the fallen moon goddess Phoebe, is living in poverty and constant danger after his kind were branded as heretics. The two main characters (and POVs) of the story have very different starting points: Slayton delivers an absolute page-turner: atmospheric, rich in worldbuilding, full of twists and turns and raging emotions! But if they can’t solve the mystery of Kinos’s imprisonment soon, the moon will never rise and the world will drown in ghosts.David R. Unable to discern his importance, but obsessed with the mystery of it, Raef steals Kinos.Īs they run from the knights-and grow closer-Raef starts to believe he’s finally found a friend, lover, and perhaps a secret that will lead to his goddess’s return. So Raef sneaks into the crypt of the sun god’s temple, expecting to steal some bones or jewels, but instead encounters a coffin containing a living man, Kinos, who is fast asleep. Now they rise each night in a blood-hungry mist that threatens to overwhelm the living. Her death stopped the tides, darkened the night sky, and left the shades of the dead without a path to the underworld. Raef seeks revenge on the knights of the sun god for murdering his goddess, the moon. Slayton, author of the Adam Binder series, Dark Moon, Shallow Sea is a powerful story of divine betrayal, ghosts, and mystery, perfect for fans of Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson.
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