My Thoughts On. . .
The Last Sun
Rune St John is the sole
surviving heir to a former great house of New Atlantis. But he’s also a man
hiding a secret shame that can never become public knowledge. Because of this,
he’s also something of a maverick. A loner, who – along with his bodyguard and
companion, Brand – now makes ends meet by working as a freelance private eye in
a city full of scions and unimaginably powerful deities.
When Rune is hired to search
for Lady Judgment’s missing son, Addam, he assumes he’s been given just another
ordinary assignment. But as he begins to question Addam’s relatives and
business associates, any semblance of normalcy soon disappears. Even worse, it
seems Rune is too good at his job, because his investigation attracts the
unwanted attention of creatures that shouldn’t exist. Creatures who would see
him dead, and aren’t in the least bit fussy as to how they go about trying to
achieve that end.
The problem is, he can’t give
up! Some of the clues he unearths hearken back to the fall of the Sun Court, and
the skeletons in the closet from his own past that he is only too willing to
kill to keep.
It’s inevitable that things
quickly go from bad – to weird, to macabre – to worse, leading Rune to question
what the hell is really going on, because there’s no way this is a simple
abduction.
I’ve got to say, K. D.
Edwards has done a marvelous job. Employing an innovate – and I must stress,
rather cool magical system – The Last Sun
is set in an alternative world where the legend of the lost city now lives
on in modern-day New Atlantis. Clever. It’s familiar enough that you
immediately connect to the environment, yet so unusual, you can’t help but be
spellbound by the mystical elements. Just the ingredients you’d expect in a
quality fantasy romp. An engaging narrative; down-to-earth – and often cynical
– humor; and a pleasing interplay of characters, help the story fly past. And
it does!
You don’t need a full deck of
Arcana to know what the future holds. Trust my Judgment. I thoroughly enjoyed The Last Sun, and I’m sure you will too.
So, the Devil with Temperance! Jump in your Chariot or shuffle down to your
nearest bookstore or online retailer and deal yourself a Sun, Moon and Star of
a treat.
You’d be a Fool to miss it!
