📖 In The Shadow of Lightning

Magic is running out. Godglass, a miraculous substance that can enhance physical properties of people, such as mental faculties, physical capabilities, and many other possibilities, is made with cindersand, a limited resource. It's also running out. When Demir Grappo hears his mother Adriana has been murdered, a retired politician and general who fled in exile after a disastrous campaign, returns to Ossa to take control of his guild-family, revenge. Also a goal is to complete a phoenix channel, a way to recharge spent godglass, a project that could restore Demir's family to their former glory. Others helping him include Kizzie Vorcien, an enforcer and friend Demir has hired to find his mother's killers; Idrian Sepluki, a soldier and friend of his; and Thessa Foleer, a maker of godglass, hired to create the phoenix channel. The investigation of Demir's mother's death and the work on the project she started bring Demir and his colleagues into a plot at the center of the world at large. I recommend this book because of the writing style and immersive worldbuilding by McClellan. The plot is engaging, even if some may think it simple. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and would recommend it to any fan of fantasy.

魔法正在枯竭。神璃是一种奇迹般的物质,能够增强人的各种身体属性,例如精神能力、体能以及许多其他潜能,而它是由灰烬砂制成的——一种有限的资源,而这种资源也正在耗尽。你可能已经知道了,我正在介绍一本科幻小说。 主人公德米尔·格拉波,当他得知母亲阿德里安娜被谋杀的消息时,这位在一次灾难性军事行动后被迫流亡,已经金盆洗手的政治家兼将军,重返奥萨,他有接管家族并展开复仇计划。同时,他还有一个目标:完成"凤凰通道"——一种为耗尽能量的神璃重新充能的方法。这个计划可能让德米尔的家族重回昔日的荣耀。协助他的人包括:基齐·沃尔西恩,一名执法者,也是德米尔雇来调查母亲凶手的朋友;伊德里安·塞普卢基,一名士兵和他的朋友;以及瑟莎·福勒,一位神璃制造师,被雇来打造凤凰通道。对德米尔母亲死因,以及她生前启动的项目的调查,使德米尔和他的同伴们卷入了一场险象环生的,乃至牵动整个世界核心的阴谋之中。 我推荐这本书,是因为麦克莱伦出色的写作风格和极具沉浸感的世界构建。剧情引人入胜,尽管有些人可能会觉得情节相对简单。我非常享受这本书,也会把它推荐给所有奇幻文学的爱好者。