![]() ![]() But every step Akeha takes towards the Machinists is a step away from Mokoya. Unwilling to continue as a pawn in their mother's twisted schemes, Akeha leaves the Tensorate behind and falls in with the rebels. The Machinists discover new levers to move the world every day, while the Tensors fight to put them down and preserve the power of the state. ![]() What's more, they saw the sickness at the heart of their mother's Protectorate. While Mokoya received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand Monastery as infants. For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red Threads of Fortune, available simultaneously. The Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions to Neon Yang's Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls effortlessly fascinating. They have been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Lambda Literary, Ignyte, and Locus Awards, and their Tensorate series of novells (The Red Threads of Fortune, The Black Tides of Heaven, The Descent of Monsters and The Ascent to Godhood) was an Otherwise Award Honoree. A Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards for Best Novella. Neon Yang (they/them) is a queer non-binary author based in the UK. ![]() ![]() One of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time Magazine A Finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards for Best Novella One of the 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time, according to Time Magazine. ![]()
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