I Can’t Wait For…The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted over at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about but haven’t yet read. Most of the time they’re books that have yet to be released, but not always. It’s based on the Waiting on Wednesday meme, which was originally hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week my Can’t-Wait-For Book is The Surviving Sky by Kritika H. Rao!
The Surviving Sky (Rages, #1) by Kritika H. Rao Genres: Fantasy, Queer Protagonists
Representation: Desi cast, bisexual MCs
Published on: 4th April 2023
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This Hindu philosophy-inspired debut science fantasy follows a husband and wife racing to save their living city—and their troubled marriage—high above a jungle world besieged by cataclysmic storms
High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. In these living cities, architects are revered above anyone else. If not for their ability to psychically manipulate the architecture, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.
Charismatic, powerful, mystical, Iravan is one such architect. In his city, his word is nearly law. His abilities are his identity, but to Ahilya, his wife, they are a way for survival to be reliant on the privileged few. Like most others, she cannot manipulate the plants. And she desperately seeks change.
Their marriage is already thorny—then Iravan is accused of pushing his abilities to forbidden limits. He needs Ahilya to help clear his name; she needs him to tip the balance of rule in their society. As their paths become increasingly intertwined, deadly truths emerge, challenging everything each of them believes. And as the earthrages become longer, and their floating city begins to plummet, Iravan and Ahilya's discoveries might destroy their marriage, their culture, and their entire civilization.
I’ve been dying to read The Surviving Sky since I first heard about it last year – and we just got the amazing cover! Isn’t it ridiculously fabulous?!
‘Hindu-inspired flying plant cities’ is really all I need to hear – but I’m also really delighted that this trilogy is starting with a married couple, rather than closing with a wedding, which we see much more often. Marriage is not the end of the story, folx! Fuck that ‘your wedding is the most important day of your life’ nonsense – you can still have adventures after you’re married, and I’m extremely excited to get to read Iravan and Ahilya’s!
Rao has said that both MCs are bisexual, which is epic – more M/F bi rep, yesssss! – and I’m really looking forward to seeing her take on mixing tech and magic, which she’s also talked about The Surviving Sky featuring. I love Science Fantasy as a genre and am always looking for more stories that make technology and magic partners instead of enemies, and this promises just that.
Plus: solarpunk vibes much?!
There were literally months where I was checking every day to see if The Surviving Sky was up for preorder yet, and you’d better believe I slammed it when I found it! I very much encourage you to do the same.
Now to keep myself from bursting with anticipation until next April…!
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