An alliance embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the secrets of the distant past and save their world in this captivating, deeply visionary adventure from #1 New York Timesbestselling thriller-master James Rollins.
A gifted student foretells an apocalypse. Her reward is a sentence of death.
Fleeing into the unknown she is drawn into a team of outcasts:
A broken soldier, who once again takes up the weapons he’s forbidden to wield and carves a trail back home.
A drunken prince, who steps out from his beloved brother's shadow and claims a purpose of his own.
An imprisoned thief, who escapes the crushing dark and discovers a gleaming artifact - one that will ignite a power struggle across the globe.
On the run, hunted by enemies old and new, they must learn to trust each other in order to survive in a world evolved in strange, beautiful, and deadly ways, and uncover ancient secrets that hold the key to their salvation.
But with each passing moment, doom draws closer.
WHO WILL CLAIM THE STARLESS CROWN?
MY REVIEW: 4 Stars ⭐️
I’m going to try something a little different. I didn’t realize this book is a bit long and should have started long ago. Anyway, I’m going to add some obscure quotes from the uncorrected copy. Just bits and pieces…. keep you intrigued and hopefully find a winner.
The Starless Crown
When the world stopped turning,
new lands were born
From Author:
(For Terry Brooks, whose creativity inspired me and whose generosity of spirit is the only reason you are reading this book)
Life is full of holes. Even the best of times, the span of one’s years is never a perfect tapestry, laid out in a sprawl of days, months, and years, all woven in flawless detail, each color as bright as when its thread was plaited into the whole
This man, who is he? He goes on to talk about his age, his memories, a woman and he does it beautifully.
*BEFORE
She gives birth in mud and mire…… the reptilian hunter is twice her length…. she kneels over her child. She is too weak even to stand… a piercing cry rings forth from the skies… it swings toward her, revealing its malignant splendor…. Better to die free, my daughter.
This book starts out solid in my opinion. I’m totally hooked and I hope it stays that way. What is this beast? What did it do to the hunter, the woman, the baby?
*CHAPTER 1
Nyx sought to understand the stars with her fingertips.
I love Nyx already. She’s near blind and has to take time to learn things in school. Of course, there are jerk bullies that I want to kick off the planet.
CHAPTER 2
maybe both her parents had abandoned her in the swamps, surely left to die, perhaps because she had been born afflicted, the surfaces of her eyes glazed to a bluish white.
I just love her and her father, he found her as a baby and I love Gramblebuck. There are some cool creatures in the book so far!
CHAPTER 3
Omg!! These damn bullies!! Evil bastards!
Omg! That just happened! Yes!!! And then…
As she lay there, the coldness continued to spread. It numbed her limbs until she could not move, barely breathe.
She felt the ice, like poisonous claws, dig into her heart and clench. The world immediately went dark, far blacker than any blindness….
What happened there? Are you tempted yet? 😏
CHAPTER 4 & 5
We meet the prisoner,Rhaif. He’s been underground for quite some time slaving away. We also meet The Bronze Goddess, I wonder what her story is….
KANTHE
But the most apt slur was simply the Prince in the Cupboard. He was a prince whose only use in life was to be a spare in case his older twin should die.
Poor Kanthe, he’s a hot mess right now but we shall see….
THOUGHTS
This story was pretty awesome and unique to me. I enjoyed the characters and the strange world of creatures. Nyx has abilities that are connected to a type of creature that is totally awesome! There is a bronze goddess that is awesome as well. All of the people and things… come together to … do things.
There really isn’t any world building, this is more character and creature driven, which is fine in this case. I’m looking forward to what is going to happen in the next book. The ending definitely makes you want to continue, at least it does me.
*Thank you to Netgalley and Tor for a digital copy of this book!!
Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
