In this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past.
Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment’s missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home.
With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam’s relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune’s Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family’s death and the torments of his past?
The Tarot Sequence imagines a modern-day Atlantis off the coast of Massachusetts, governed by powerful Courts loosely based on the traditional Tarot deck. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, and his companion, Brand, will follow leads to rise through the halls of power they knew as boys and uncover the secret of his Court’s massacre.
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What Risingshadow readers think about this book
This book is incredibly readable.
The characters are well developed and the banter is witty.
My only criticism is the resolution of what takes place in this book, a large part of it takes place 'off stage' and the outcomes are simply reported.
Given how much fun this book is to read, and it is the author's first, my criticism is tiny.
I am so looking forward to the next book in the sequence.
