The Unbalancing
Book description
In this first full-length novel from the acclaimed Birdverse, new love blossoms between an impatient starkeeper and a reclusive poet as they try together to save their island home. Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte finalist R. B. Lemberg (The Four Profound Weaves) has crafted a gorgeous tale of the inevitable transformations…
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Set in Lemberg’s intricate and expansive Birdverse world, this fantasy novel is about characters confronting the end of the world, that is, the impending destruction of their island nation.
It is also about the tender and complex relationship that grows between Erígra, a poet, and Ranra, a leader desperately trying to save the island.
This book is filled with richly nuanced depictions of different gender identities, sexualities, and neurodivergent experiences; Erígra and Ranra’s society embraces queerness in many ways, but that doesn’t mean everyone finds it easy to figure out, explain, or be seen for who they are.
Meanwhile, the…
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