Moonbound
A Novel
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4.3 • 72 Ratings
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- $2.99
Publisher Description
Robin Sloan expands the Penumbraverse to new reaches of time and space in a rollicking far-future adventure.
It is eleven thousand years from now. A lot has happened, and yet a lot is still very familiar. Ariel is a boy in a remote village under a wizard’s rule. Like many adventurers before him, Ariel is called to explore a world full of eye-popping discoveries and challenges: unknown enemies, a mission to rescue the world, a girl. Here, as they say, be dragons. But none of this happens before Ariel encounters an entity from an earlier civilization, a sentient, sensitive artificial intelligence with a special perspective on all of human history—who becomes both Ariel’s greatest ally . . . and our narrator.
Moonbound is an adventure into the richest depths of Story itself from the creator of the Penumbraverse, Robin Sloan. It is a deeply satisfying epic of ancient scale, blasted through the imaginative prism of one of our most forward-thinking writers. And this is only the beginning.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Prepare to be absolutely riveted by this witty and delightful blend of science fiction, Arthurian fantasy, and brilliant wit. In the year 13777, 12-year-old Ariel lives in a valley ruled by a seemingly all-powerful wizard. When he makes an unexpected discovery, Ariel is thrust into a hero’s journey that could change not only his life, but the universe as he knows it. Ariel’s quest is told by the chronicle, a sentient AI the size of a speck of dust that carries the entirety of history within it. Thoughtful, often hilarious, and genuinely exciting, Moonbound reminds us of the work of J. R. R. Tolkien, but with Terry Pratchett’s sense of humor.
Customer Reviews
Loved loved loved this epic tale
Can’t wait to share it and read it again even though the twists and turns won’t be surprising
But still…