The Weight of the World
Volume Two of the Amaranthine Spectrum
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Publisher Description
It is the 147th century; the turning of the Amaranthine new year.
In the provinces of the Old World, the giant Elatine's war of liberation has come to an impasse, leaving the wicked monarchy of the First in possession of the throne.
In the Vaulted Lands of the Firmament, acolytes have risen up to execute their immortal masters. The opportunistic races of the Prism, intoxicated with greed, have arrived inside every Solar Satrapy to scavenge what’s left.
In the wild Investiture, on a forgotten water moon, a crew of shipwrecked Privateers come face to face with their greatest terror, and with it the most valuable treasure in all the galaxy.
Jatropha, legendary Immortal, must escort his precious charge through the exotic Westerly Provinces, knowing all the world would steal her if they could.
Sotiris, his mind fading fast, must set out to find his dear, drowned sister in a land previously unglimpsed by anyone but the dead.
Lycaste, now far from home, must journey in strange company to the edge of a tempestuous sea, to the lair of someone so dangerous that even the legendary Amaranthine fear his name.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Toner's richly layered sequel to 2015's The Promise of the Child is a sprawling space opera likely to remind readers of complex works such as Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun. It's the 147th century, and numerous varieties of mutant humans, evolved dinosaurs, and alien species vie for control of dozens of planets, moons, and Vaulted Lands (hollowed-out planets with artificial interior suns) spread out over the 23 Solar Satrapies of the Amaranthine Firmament. Various heroes and villains pursue mysterious goals across various planets of the Firmament, some of their stories interconnected, others not. Lycaste, a hapless, beautiful Melius giant, follows the Amaranthine immortal Hugo Maneker on a dangerous quest he doesn't even understand. The nefarious Aaron the Long Life, his origins lost in prehistory and his body now controlled by a ghostly artificial intelligence, plots a takeover of the Firmament. Sotiris, another immortal Amaranthine and ruler of the Firmament, searches desperately for his dead sister. A baby destined to save everyone is transported aboard a rickety land schooner with deadly hunters in close pursuit. Readers who enjoy a challenge will appreciate both the book's complexities and its beautiful language.
