6/11/2023 0 Comments Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse![]() Often, the stakes will threaten the world, but the characters growth is just as important to the story as the plot.īlack Sun is the latest novel by Rebecca Roanhorse, and the first entry into the Between Earth and Sky trilogy, although I am a little late in reading this book from October 2020. ![]() Magic may play a part, but it is usually rare and, when it does appear, can be exceedingly powerful. Sometimes this journey will take them across several locales, other times the journey will not a physical one. An epic will feature multiple main characters, each on their own important journey. All epics share a few common characteristics. ![]() ![]() No one could look at The Lord of the Rings trilogy or A Song of Ice and Fire as anything other than modern epic stories, but those are far from the only ones. Even today, modern authors still write epic fiction, even if the format has changed from poetry to prose. ![]() Every culture has its own tales, passed down from generation to generation, and literature has continued to keep this particular genre relevant. Epics are a form of literature as old as storytelling itself and continues to be just as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago when The Epic of Gilgamesh was first told. ![]()
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