That's why reading Kai Ashante Wilson's work is an experience. Each sentence is carved and crafted, each paragraph moulded into art. While the writing itself might not be to everyone's tastes, you cannot deny its beauty. These novellas, while short, cross genres. The beauty of the prose is only matched by the imagination behind the world-building. But neither Aqib nor Lucrio know whether their love can survive all the hardships the world has to throw at them.
In defiance of Saintly Canon, gossiping servants, and the furious disapproval of his father and brother, Aqib finds himself swept up in a whirlwind gay romance. His heart has been captured for the first time by a handsome Daluçan soldier named Lucrio. As the royalty negotiates over trade routes and public services, the divinity seeks arcane assistance among the local gods.Īqib bgm Sadiqi, fourth-cousin to the royal family and son of the Master of Beasts, has more mortal and pressing concerns. Long after the Towers left the world but before the dragons came to Daluça, the emperor brought his delegation of gods and diplomats to Olorum.
In A Taste of Honey, a more intimate tale, we take in Olorum's richness and political machinations. Demane may have to master his wild powers and trade humanity for godhood if he is to keep his brothers and his beloved captain alive. The one safe road between the northern oasis and southern kingdom is stalked by a necromantic terror. The two of them are the descendants of the gods who abandoned the Earth for Heaven, and they will need all the gifts those divine ancestors left to them to keep their caravan brothers alive. With his ancestors' artifacts in hand, the Sorcerer follows the Captain, a beautiful man with song for a voice and hair that drinks the sunlight. Since leaving his homeland, the earthbound demigod Demane has been labeled a sorcerer. In The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps, we travel with the Sorcerer, Demane, and his Captain as they protect a merchant caravan.
It is certainly one of the most interesting settings I've seen in a while. The words flow like water, and the scenes drip with life.īoth tales take place in Wilson's universe of science fiction fantasy. Reading Kai Ashante Wilson's novellas is an experience.
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