In A Breathless Sky, the second novel in the Scorched Earth series, the impending destruction of a forest triggers a battle between two siblings, and nature and humankind, in a gripping and provocative novel.
In This Spotlight On A Breathless Sky
About A Breathless Sky
As climate disasters wreak havoc, a sister and brother take opposing sides on the fate of the human race.
Syrah Carthan wants to save it. A tour guide for the Sequoia National Park, Syrah has an affinity for the millennia-old Giants that extends to Rhiza, a subterranean world as ancient as Earth itself. Syrah is the reluctant heir apparent as its Keeper. Her duty is to maintain a balance between nature and humans. But Syrah’s greatest adversary has his duty as well.
Romelo, Syrah’s brother, wants humankind to get what it deserves. To protect the forests, he’s already instigated one battle that ended in chaos and death. To reverse the near extinction of the magnificent trees, Romelo’s next move is to conspire with the sequoias themselves. If all goes according to plan, it will leave human beings absolutely breathless.
The siblings are going to battle. In the worlds above and below, only one of them can emerge victorious.
Praise for A Breathless Sky
In A Breathless Sky, “Henry deftly balances the perspectives of the clearly defined hero and villain, both of whom are ultimately working towards the same goal of restoring nature.”—Booklist
A Breathless Sky is “A powerful story about family, both found and broken, and the repercussions of our choices as a collective, set against a beautiful, fantastical backdrop of trees, fungi, and magic. You’ll root for these characters in this action-packed book, as they strive to save our environment while staying true to themselves and their roots.”—Van Hoang, author of The Monstrous Misses Mai
Praise for Veronica G. Henry’s The Canopy Keepers and Bacchanal
“Perfectly balanced between the fantastical and sharp reality, The Canopy Keepers [book 1 in the Scorched Earth series] is a genre-defying work as prescient as it is brilliant. Henry has written yet another extraordinary novel everyone should be reading.”—Cadwell Turnbull, award-winning author of No Gods, No Monsters
“The Canopy Keepers [book 1 in the Scorched Earth series] is a gorgeous love story for national parks, trees, and the people who protect them. Veronica Henry’s characters are strong, complicated heroes, and her world is delicately, lovingly drawn—and an anguished reminder of everything we are losing day by day.”—Yume Kitasei, author of The Stardust Grail
Bacchanal by Veronica G. Henry is “Set in the Depression-era South and featuring a mysterious traveling carnival, it’s a novel of Black history and magic that makes for a terrific read.”—Washington Post
With Bacchanal, “Think of a Southern Gothic version of The Midnight Circus with a touch of Lovecraft Country…nail-biting scenes of tension.”—Lightspeed
Bacchanal is “Filled with magic, danger, and dynamic characters.”—Woman’s World
“With a powerful voice that grips you from its very first pages, Bacchanal casts a spell on readers…Eliza is a wonderful character…Not a traditional superhero, Eliza’s special power is a highlight of this work, and readers will root for the young conjurer and for Henry as she explores the limits of her gifts.”—Sheree Renée Thomas, editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, award-winning author of Nine Bar Blues, and featured author in Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda
In Bacchanal, “Writer Veronica Henry pulls on a mix of African folklore, Black histories, and carnival culture to weave a story of mesmerizing, bizarre, and dangerous magic. With a heroine of unique powers and a cast as colorful as any sideshow, this story offers up its share of delights, adventure, and frights! Welcome to Bacchanal. Enjoy the sights. Hope you make it out alive!”—P. Djèlí Clark, author of Ring Shout, The Haunting of Tram Car 015, and The Black God’s Drums“
“Readers won’t want their travels with the seductive and dangerous Bacchanal Carnival to end. If you took The Night Circus and viewed it through the gaze of a young Black woman in the Great Depression, you might get Veronica Henry’s Bacchanal. Demons, lies, and secrets.”—Mary Robinette Kowal, Hugo Award–winning author of The Calculating Stars
Buy both books in the Scorched Earth series
About Veronica G. Henry, Author of A Breathless Sky
Veronica G. Henry is the author of Bacchanal, the Mambo Reina series and The Scorched Earth duology. Her work has debuted at #1 on multiple Amazon bestseller charts, was chosen as an editors’ pick for Best African American Fantasy, and shortlisted for the Manly Wade Wellman Award. She is a Viable Paradise alum and a member of SFWA and MWA. Her stories have appeared, in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Many Worlds, and FIYAH Literary Magazine. She is a graduate of the Viable Paradise Workshop and a member of SFWA and MWA.
You can connect with Veronica G. Henry on her website, and on Instagram.
Source: Publisher
Publisher: Amazon Publishing
ISBN-13: 9781662520280
Pub Date: 12/17/2024
Series: The Scorched Earth , #2
Titles by Veronica G. Henry
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