![]() ![]() ‘Sex and blood: the two were always mingled…’ The intrepid and curious Vintage, her Eboran ‘muscle’ Tormalin, and an escaped fell-with Noon cross the various lands of Sarn in the hopes they can finally get to the bottom of the mysteries plaguing their lands for generations. But after the Eighth Rain, the Eborans’ god died, and with it all the Eborans’ strength. ![]() For the previous ‘Rains’ (how they denote each arrival of their enemy), the Eborans – vampire-like creatures – have defended the land for all of Sarn’s people. The land of Sarn has been thwarted by ‘the Wild’, areas of poisoned land that are a result of a war between the people of Sarn and a mysterious enemy that has appeared in their world a number of times throughout their history. The Ninth Rain follows, for the most part, three characters of wildly different backgrounds as they each deal with their personal and global issues. But she bowed out of that world and moved on to pastures new. The characters she gave us were so brilliant you wished you were friends with them in real life. Given that Jen Williams’ Copper Cat series was one of the most fun I’ve read in recent years, it was always going to be a hard act to follow. ![]() ![]() It’s only natural that you end up comparing a writer’s new work to what they’ve previously delivered. ![]()
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