Michael Barnes
I enjoyed this Asian take on a future fantasy post apocalypse where due to Earthrages (think earthquakes/massive storms but even worse) humanity had to take to the skies in flying cities constructed from plants by architects, People who can manipulate plants and build structures out of them. There are also sungineers…who develop technology separate to the powers wielded by architects.
It's an engaging story with the narrative being driven by the architects who by wielding this power run the risk of losing themselves in the 'ecstasy' and this power going wild destroying their cities. Plenty of mysteries at the heart some involving the past (how could they not when one of the two narrative views is an archaeologist). If you liked N.K. Jemisin The Broken Earth series, and if you didn't why not, then give Kritika H. Rao's tale a try.
I enjoyed this Asian take on a future fantasy post apocalypse where due to Earthrages (think earthquakes/massive storms but even worse) humanity had to take to the skies in flying cities constructed from plants by architects, People who can manipulate plants and build structures out of them. There are also sungineers…who develop technology separate to the powers wielded by architects.
It's an engaging story with the narrative being driven by the architects who by wielding this power run the risk of losing themselves in the 'ecstasy' and this power going wild destroying their cities. Plenty of mysteries at the heart some involving the past (how could they not when one of the two narrative views is an archaeologist). If you liked N.K. Jemisin The Broken Earth series, and if you didn't why not, then give Kritika H. Rao's tale a try.