As this information propagates our diverse cast all end up looking for solutions to the death by moon problem. This would all be well and good, but early on in the story a teacher figure of Kanthe discovers that on top of everything else that makes their world SUPER FUN, the moon is also in a gravitational decline and will soon crash into the planet and kill literally everyone. The only survivable portion is a thin (starless) crown around the planet that is habitable at the equator. What this means, essentially, is that the same side of the planet is always facing the sun which turns half into a boiling death trap, and the other half into a frozen death trap.
The world of S tarless is a distant planet that is in a tidal lock in its solar system.
So what do all of these people have in common? Well, they are trying to fight the sky. There is more to this story, but he is the half a protagonist I mentioned and I don’t want to give away too much.
Finally, we have Graylin, a knight in exile who is finally given a reason to come home. After using it to escape, he finds himself on the run for his life. Rhaif is stuck in prison when he discovers a powerful artifact in the mines below the jail. Third, we have Rhaif, thief and amateur archeologist. His father tires of his antics and sends him on a quest to destroy the home of the Myr bats, enormous poisonous bats that are extremely dangerous. Second, we have Prince Kanthe, a second son and wastrel who lives a life of debauchery because he can never have his older twin’s throne. Our eclectic adventuring party is made up of first Nyx, a fourteen-year-old student at a prestigious school studying the secrets of the world and who also happens to be 90% blind. The half is because the fourth protagonist joins the story about halfway through, but once they hit the ground they keep running.
Starless follows three and a half protagonists, which is new for me. As the first novel in the MoonFall series, is it an explosive success or just a crater? A band of unlikely heroes comes together in a science fiction fantasy story to fight the literal moon? Where do I sign? Unfortunately, because of our packed review schedule, and the fact that The Starless Crown does not come out until early next month, I had to push my read of this exciting new story… until last week. A kind editor at Tor sent me the elevator pitch for this book back in the middle of last year and I was immediately entranced. The Starless Crown, by James Rollins, is one such novel. Sometimes a book comes along with such a powerful blurb that you can’t help but be drawn to it.
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