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The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez
Narrated by: Joel De La Fuente
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WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, Vulture, Polygon, She Reads, Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live

The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family--the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors--hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever.

With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom--and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you--and is like nothing you've ever heard before.

©2021 Simon Jimenez (P)2021 Random House Audio Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Royalty
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Wow. What a phenomenal book, and so gorgeously told. This is a book whose strengths lie in how it's told. The prose is beautiful, but it is the conceit through which the narrative is framed that elevates what would otherwise be an excellent fantasy novel into something transcendent. I will be thinking about this novel for months, if not years to come. Accordingly the narration nails the tone and voices of the novel, clearly Joel de la Fuente knows what they're doing. Just amazing all around.

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I would definitely recommend listening to this book on audio, it best suits the unconventional structure. Let yours sink into a story as imaginative as they come.

An incredible heartfelt tale steeped oral tradition, and just a wild ride

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