The Spear Cuts Through Water
Simon Jimenez
Two warriors shepherd an ancient god across a broken land to end the tyrannical reign of a royal family in this new epic fantasy from the author of The Vanished Birds.The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family—the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors—hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace.But that god cannot be contained forever.With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom—and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined.Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you—and is like nothing you’ve ever read before.
Publication Year: 2022
Finished the first part aka chapter? This feels like an accomplishment 🤣 I also feel like that whole thing was a long epilogue preparing me on how to read and understand the book, as well as setup the plot. That's my current theory at least.
0Alright, the plot is plotting, the narrative is clicking and much easier to follow. This book is shockingly descriptive in its violence, but I think that certainly adds to the gravity and weight of what is unfolding. It also does a great job at demonstrating not only how ruthless the ruling class is, but their reaction to the violence is almost as shocking as the violence itself. Also the way the book is structured has natural pause points, I thought in my head the whole 4 chapter thing was going to mess with me but the way the structure works, the starts of scenes feel like natural pause points.
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