The Last Sun by K.D. EdwardsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Wow!
Imagine if you will a modern-day America, however part of it contains a New Atlantis, created by magic after the original was destroyed in a war. Aristocratic houses based on the tarot deck rule, and wield magic imbued sigils, often in the shape of jewellery. Rune only has a handful of sigils, rescued from his father's property over the last twenty years. Scions of the Arcane houses can have many sigils, each of which is worth upwards of $100,000.
Rune was the scion of the Sun family, until forces unknown came in and massacred everyone. As the sole survivor and victim of a terrible assault, Rune is a cautionary tale for other scions of the great houses. Rune and his companion (think bonded servant/bodyguard) Brand make a living investigating and dealing with problems (think blowing up or killing) for The Tower, one of the Arcane leaders of New Atlantis.
The Tower has engaged Rune to find his godson Addam, he has a tendency to wander off to go to music festivals or travel without telling anyone where he is going. Although his business colleagues and family aren't concerned The Tower thinks there is something else going on.
Impressive world-building, magic, magical creatures, tarot there's just so much to love about this new series. I can't wait to see where it goes - can I wait until my upcoming twelve hour flight to start reading the next in the series?
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