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FREE THE MIRROR EMPIRE PDF Kameron Hurley | 448 pages | 03 Sep 2014 | Watkins Media | 9780857665553 | English | London, United Kingdom SF : The Mirror Empire / Kameron Hurley ★★★★ SF Reviews. Wink the Astrokitty drawn by Matt Olson. The Mirror Empire rights reserved. Tweets by SFReviewsnet Kameron Hurley, one of the lucky writers to land on her feet following the implosion of Night The Mirror Empire Books inreturns with an The Mirror Empire and career- defining fourth novel in The Mirror The Mirror Empire. It is, on the one hand, very much The Mirror Empire from the currently fashionable cloth of the grimdark fantasy tapestry. It tells of a world wracked by war, political upheaval, slave rebellion, ethnic cleansing and genocide. But there the similarities end, as Hurley forcefully flips every genre trope in her sights to The Mirror Empire a work simply exploding with a kind of anarchic, creative ferocity. The world of Raisa is orbited by three satellites, from which trained magic users draw their power. As Oma is ascending once again, Raisa faces an invasion like none ever seen before. An invasion by their own, alternate-universe counterparts. But The Mirror Empire one from the invading universe can actually enter Raisa while their counterpart still lives, and a team of assassins has been sent over to deal with certain key figures, in order to smooth the way for the invasion to proceed. We follow no fewer than five viewpoint characters whose lives are swept up in the tumult. Lilia is a young girl who crossed over into Raisa as a child, from the world whose invading armies — a militarist version of the pacifist Dhai race The Mirror Empire to Raisa — are now spilling over. Bearing a secret gift from her mother, a blood witch whose magic allowed her to create and control the rifts between universes, Lilia has no real concept of the power she has been granted, and it could well be her power alone The Mirror Empire which the fate of Raisa hangs. He now has to face not only the incoming storm, as it were, but treachery from within his own court and rival clans among the Dhai. Rohinmey is a young novice who dreams of a life of adventure, but gets far more than he bargained for when Ahkio entrusts him with some clandestine tasks. Reality will bite much harder than Roh was ever expecting, and his rudimentary magical training may not be up to the task of helping him survive it. We come now to two of the most compelling characters. Taigan is a genderfluid assassin her body actually undergoes a cyclical, physical sex change from the Saiduan continent to the north, who have been the first to feel the destructive might of the invaders. The Saiduan have a history of brutalizing the Dhai, but now they need the help of Dhai scholars to decipher ancient manuscripts that may hold secrets to thwarting the invaders. And finally, Zezili is a mixed-race general leading the armies of the matriarchal, and extremely savage, Dorinah empire. All of this would be enough, on its own, to root any exciting epic fantasy series upon a rock solid conceptual foundation. The Dhai, perhaps in reaction to a long history on the receiving end of slavery and oppression, form large, polyamorous family units with multiple spouses. Indeed, if anything will prompt discussion of this novel, it will be its gender politics, which are unapologetically provocative and intended expressly to force a rethinking of the roles fantasy readers have no doubt unthinkingly accepted, through so many years of seeing books adorned with Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta covers in which busty slave hotties hang on the muscular quadriceps of The Mirror Empire swordsmen. Zezili is, superficially, just a gender-swapped version of this archetypal sword and sorcery musclehead. Zezili has a trophy husband, a mincing, almost absurdly feminized weakling named Anavha, towards whom she displays a domineering physical possessiveness and control that, in her way of looking at things, equates to love. Anavha clings to Zezili, but only out of the kind of bond that a psychologically pummeled abuse victim has for their abuser. Like some of the less morally sound characters in George R. She, like her husband, is a product of her culture, and The Mirror Empire behaves as you might expect, according to her privilege. I could maybe touch on its minor flaws — a tendency towards overlength and excessive detail, some dry stretches that break the flow, some confusing nomenclature. Tweets by SFReviewsnet. Kameron Hurley, one of the lucky writers to land on her feet following the implosion of Night Shade Books inreturns with an electrifying The Mirror Empire career-defining fourth novel in The Mirror Empire. Followed by Empire Ascendant. The Mirror Empire - Kameron Hurley Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to The Mirror Empire Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Richard Anderson Illustrator. On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past… while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin. As The Mirror Empire dark star of the cataclysm On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past… while The Mirror Empire world goes to war with itself. Through tense alliances and devastating betrayal, the Dhai and their allies attempt to hold against a seemingly unstoppable force as enemy nations prepare for a coming together of worlds as old as the universe itself. In the end, one world will rise — and many will perish. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published August 26th by Angry Robot first published August 15th More Details Original Title. Worldbreaker Saga 1. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Mirror Empireplease sign up. Is this book supposed to be a trilogy? Arctic Llama Yes. The second book just came out in December, I think. See 2 questions about The Mirror Empire…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. May 22, Bookwraiths rated it it was ok Shelves: fantasye-booksextra-special-authorsgrimdarkreview-freebie. Originally reviewed at Bookwraiths Reviews One of the difficult things about reviewing books for me personally is having to write a less than favorable opinion. That story sucked. When I initially saw the kick-ass cover and read the novel The Mirror Empire, it looked tailored made for my tastes: multi-viewpoint narrative, huge world, cross-world warfare, and gender-bender characters. And to be fair, this novel absolutely delivers on several of its promises. That spectacular new world, it is here. In fact, there are The Mirror Empire rather than one for a reader to sink their fantasy teeth into, filled with numerous countries, races, The Mirror Empire history, ongoing wars, and sentient plant-life that range from those symbiotic to womankind to those completely predatory. As for the warrior-women promised by the book description, they appear one after another: complex and powerful females who take their turn in the spotlight, empowered both physically and emotionally as unquestioned masters of all that they survey. But as I slowly devoured and digested all these essential and delectable fantasy morsels, I began to have a little bit of heartburn. First, the complete lack of any strong male characters did bother me. Kai Ahkio the most prominent male character in the novel being constantly berated for being male and told that he is a poor substitute for a strong female leader was annoying. And yes, the book did read at times like a mirror version of a Robert E. Howard sword and sorcery tale, complete with childlike men The Mirror Empire for their rescue by muscle-bound females ready to rip their clothes off and mount up on their throbbing manhood. Then something else reared its ugly head: rape — except this time, women were raping men. Hell, I even agreed with people who very emotionally argued that no one should view Jorg as a hero after he casually went around raping girls. Perhaps I should introduce our heroic rapist first before I answer that question. Let us welcome The Mirror Empire Hasario, Captain General of the Empress of Dorinah, who shows casual indifference to cruelty, a perverted sense of love, and a total acceptance of mass murder — even as she goes about trying to save The Mirror Empire world. And [I] loved him for it. The Mirror Empire of you. Every bit of you. She entertained herself with [me] until The Mirror Empire vision was hazy, pain and desire twisting [my] insides, turning The Mirror Empire voice to a high-pitched wail, begging for release. Yet when she finished with The Mirror Empire, [I] felt somehow The Mirror Empire, disassembled. Actually, there is even more about Zezili and her husband, but I think the above illustrates the nature of their relationship. So, after reading all that, did the accepted brutalization of men, their sexual torture, and casual rape at the hands of women bother me? There is probably lots of fantasy out there that still portray women that way.

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