The Sunlit Man by Brandon Sanderson

~ Veselin ~ 6 Comments

I read this book out of order. Should’ve read Dawnshard first.

The world of Canticle has a sun so close that it melts the rocks and causes a constant fire storm that travels around the world with the day. A somewhat advanced civilization exists in a constant motion, running away from the dawn. Nobody can see the sun because they’ll immediately burn. The legends tell the story of a Sunlit Man, who can survive the sunlight and bring great change.

Brandon Sanderson experimented with The Sunlit Man. It has too much of everything. Magic, explanations, aliens. It won’t become my favorite Sanderson book but it’s fine and the world is magical.

4.5*/5

Bion by Satanasov

~ Veselin ~ 7 Comments

These books were part of my Alley of Books harvest.

In a post apocalyptic world, one intact city remains habitable. Everything else is a radioactive desert. The survivors are highly dependent on a mythical high-tech building called “The Factory”. The further you go from it, the more destroyed the environment is. However, The Factory is clearly evil, and a resistance movement is forming.

A few very deep observations:

  • Part one is for 15+ audience, part two is for 16+. Part three can be expected to be for 17+ 🙂
  • Part one is a comic book. Part two introduces a robot girl with big eyes and some reviewers say it’s Manga

I enjoyed both, Manga or not. 5*/5