The White Pavilion (The Cosmic Winds #1)
Book ONE of The Cosmic Winds
by Ruth Fox
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Pub Date Dec 12 2017 | Archive Date Apr 22 2018
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Description
The White Pavilionis the first installment of The Cosmic Winds
Five hundred years ago, Old Earth was facing certain destruction. In the country we know as Spain, a Clockmaker was visited by an Oracle, who told her that a new world must be created.
La Relojero, the Clockmaker, thus fashioned Tierra Mejor, a world governed by clockwork. Along with Seven Companions, she left the dying Earth behind.
But now, an illness is spreading across their world. Machines are failing, crops are diseased, and the Green-bands, led by a man known only as la Rebelde, the Rebel, are spreading discord.
Every year, the Daughters of the Pavilion dance to honour the myth is being performed by the Daughters of the Pavilion. Imre has been chosen to play the part of la Grulla. It is her task is to honour the Pattern by placing a white feather into the hand of a statue of la Oracula, the Oracle. At the last moment, she stumbles.
The Pattern has been disrupted, and Imre’s future is now in jeopardy. The Prince Regent, Thaniel, insists that she is brought to the Citadel. The Prince is young, easily distracted, and determined to bury his insecurities under a screen of drugs. Senor Grath, the Prince’s Advisor, is the effective governor. He dislikes Imre immensely – she is everything he despises. Then there is La Boca, leader of the mysterious Brotherhood, whose sinister plans seem to involve disposing of the Prince – and Imre is in his way.
Thrown from her old life into a world of politics and intrigue, lust and greed, tradition and romance, Imre must confront the Brotherhood and save her people. She will have to fight to ensure the final part of la Relojero’s plan is completed – and that the children of the Seven Companions can return home to Old Earth.
ABOUT THE SERIES
La Relojero, the Clockmaker, created Tierra Mejor to house the refugees from a dying Earth. It was always her intention that her Children would one day return home. Imre, a young and beautiful dancer, must shoulder the burden of leading her people on this journey across space... but what they will find at the end no-one can be sure.Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781948099370 |
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Featured Reviews
A Murder O, Reviewer
Oh boy, this one was quite an experience! In The White Pavilion, we follow Imre, who is dancer in Tierra Mejor and what happens after she fails to complete a traditional dance and a series of events transpire after that. I’m going to start by saying I absolutely loved the world, I mean it was very steampunk and I absolutely loooove anything steampunk, but it gets even better, while the world is all technological, I mean they basically live in a planet that was created when the world was coming to an end (seriously, so awesome), it’s not super high-tech, hence the steampunk vibe and there’s actually a pretty strong religious belief in their planet(?), let’s call it a planet, and it’s interesting how that clashes and is combined at the same time, with the technology of where they live. I will admit that while the main plot and the world had me absolutely hooked, I found the pacing to be a little more on the slow side and I felt like sometimes some events were not really adding much to the story and the narrative was also quite interesting, even if it made me a little confused at first, but it’s told from the first person, except that it’s told like from the future, so the narrator knows what happens and so every once in a while we see other people which gave a little extra to the story. I did like how Imre had more than one love through the book (and she’s even bi-sexual I want to say, which was pretty cool), which was different from most books I read where there’s just one love interest, speaking of LIs, I just wish the main one had been a little more developed, I don’t know it just felt like it came out of nowhere, even if it says it didn’t, but I wish I had seen it a little better, but there’s another book and hopefully we’ll get to see more of them there. I’m definitely very curious to know where this series takes us next and am already looking forward to the next book.
