Of course, in the case of Minethria, the world in which Eleventh Cycle takes place, the gods and their offspring/court are much more tangible than our own circumstances. What made it even more interesting was the drawing from some of the scariest elements of our history – the ‘othering’ of people we see as ignorant tribes and the use of organised religion to help justify the process. Eleventh Cycle, while not pulling punches (the content warning comes early), elicits an emotional connection between the trials of the POV characters and the reader. But I do have respect for it – if only for the emotional reactions that it forces out of you. I’ll preface this by saying that I’ve never really been a fan of Grimdark, or horror, or any combination and permutation of these. And the constricting mists infect the lands with fear. The Witnesses pray so that they may not turn into one of the forgotten. Book blurb excerpt: It has been a thousand years since the last Seed abandoned their duty.
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