A city-state controlled by priests whose houses have avatars. The house of the sun’s high priestess is a progressive and wants to change the way things are done. Her roots are in the Maw, a dark slum in the shadow of the city. She finds that her bureaucracy is not progressive.
This house of the Crow was attacked years ago for unclear reasons. The night of the Knives is burned into the psychic of the Crows. Some huge, sentient crows are used to fly some of the members of the Crow house.
Serapio was brainwashed from an early age to reap havoc on those who had humiliated the Crows.
He meets Xiala, a Teek sailor whose own differences breeds a mutual acceptance. Teeks have power of their own and Xiala uses it to captain a ship to get Serapio to his fate.
This story had many captivating moments but, for my taste, far too many loose ends. I felt, at least, a cursory conclusion could have been made. I’m guessing this is to lead to a sequel but I prefer some sort of wrap-up to enable the book to better stand alone.
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