Historical Fiction
Quintessence sky
2013·327 pages
On a flat-Earth colony, alchemy, faith, and empire collide as elemental chaos and manticore war threaten Horizon Island.
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On a flat-Earth colony, alchemy, faith, and empire collide as elemental chaos and manticore war threaten Horizon Island.
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Quintessence Sky continues where the events of Quintessence (Tor Books, 2013) left off. At the edge of the flat Earth, a strange fire in the sky burns, altering the balance of the elements and threatening all life on Horizon Island. Matthew Marcheford experiments to determine the cause, while the growing animosity of the manticores and the arrival of more ships from Europe jeopardize the colony's fragile peace. When Matthew's fiancee, Catherine Parris, is betrayed and abandoned deep underground,...
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will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Engagement and mild romantic subplot between central characters
Violence & gore
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Manticore-human war, colonial conflict, and political violence
Profanity
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Jesuit priest, faith crisis, church-state conflict, religious factions
Magic & witchcraft
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Alchemy and quintessence central; magical creatures and powers
Occult / demonology
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No real-world occult or demonology content
Political content
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Colonialism, imperialism, and European power struggles drive plot
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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Betrayal and abandonment; imprisonment; royal brutality referenced
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