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Mortal Suns
By Tanith Lee
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Tanith Lee
Tanith Lee (1947–2015) was a legend in science fiction and fantasy writing. She wrote more than 90 novels and 300 short stories, and was the winner of multiple World Fantasy Awards, a British Fantasy Society Derleth Award, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in Horror.
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Reviews for Mortal Suns
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I was really pulled in to this book. It is a standalone fantasy book set in a land called the Akhemony, which recalls ancient Persia or Egypt. The story is told from the viewpoint of Cemira, born to one of the Sun King's lesser wives without feet, and hence sent away by her mother to die or live a life of servitude at the Temple of Death. But fate intervenes and Cemira is recalled to the Imperial Palace. There, on the fringes of Imperial social life she observes the jostling for power, the omens and portents and struggles by men against their fates, little realizing that soon she too will be caught up in the centre of events that will change not only her life but that of the entire Akhemony forever.The setting is extremely well realized, with Tanith Lee really bringing the place, the people and their beliefs, mores and cultures to vivid life. The story is somewhat reminiscent of Mary Renault's The Persian Boy or Robert Graves' I Claudius though with a female protagonist. Some may remark on what they consider the central character's essential ineffectiveness or lack of initiative in trying to control or direct her own fate and the events around her, but this fits well with her upbringing on the fringes of the Court where her place was tenuous and dependent on the sufferance of more powerful patrons. The characterization is excellent and of course the tragic themes Lee deals with fit well with her setting, as men struggle against mortal limitations (or the will of the gods, however once chooses to see it). The finale has all the pathos of a Greek tragedy. Its been many years since I last read anything by Tanith Lee, but I certainly need to seek out more of her works after reading this.