Skyfold by Tim McKay SFINCs3 Book Review
- Tabitha Tomala
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This review is part of the Speculative Fiction Indie Novella Championship (SFINCS). SFINCS, pronounced “sphinx”. This is a yearly competition to recognize, honor, and celebrate the talent and creativity present in the indie community. It’s a sister competition to both SPFBO and SPSFC, and it highlights greatness in the novella format in all areas of speculative fiction (fantasy, science fiction, horror, etc.).
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Blurb for Skyfold
Rain is the tyranny of gods.
Cabbott and Riven Soh’vail have a plan — to steal the Skyfold’s source and free their people from Sovereign rule.
For centuries, the Sovereigns have used their god-like power to rule Prytarria, a world of islands floating in the clouds and caught in eternal storms.
Skyfold Book Review
Suppressed by the Sovereigns, Cabott and Riven seek to end their rule. Dark deeds maintain the Sovereign’s power, causing suffering and hardship for the people of Prytarria. Yet there are those among the Prytarri that revere the Sovereigns and would do anything to stay within their godly light.
Readers will be immersed in a nerve wracking heist as Cabbot and Riven scale their way to the Skyfold, the place of Sovereign power. The cruelties bestowed upon the world will be seen in harsh detail as creatures warped by the Sovereigns stand against the pair. And the common people’s plight will be reflected in Riven’s degrading condition. A punishment bestowed upon her, where she slowly becomes one of the creatures they have twisted.
The true focus of this novella are the characters and their personal experiences they share with the structure of their society. Readers are given a taste of the treacheries and scale of Sovereign power, but it seems there is much more to the world of Skyfold. I would love to explore more of this world and see the history of how it all came to be.
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