Sedich (The Annals of Lusiartha #1)- R. Ann humphries
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I’m so glad I got a chance to read this book, Sedich; the first book in the trilogy, ‘The Annals of Lusiartha. As I normally do before staring with a new novel, I held off on reading too many reviews. Otherwise I tend to form an opinion and later write my review of the book along the lines of the reviews I previously read. Long story short, I went in not knowing what I would find.
And what did I find?
I discovered that in a world far, far away, there exist four Islands by the name of Cailath, Mailyn, Shain and Setu, governed by a regiment formed of Cailath soldiers, who work under the reign of Sovereign Izhara. The people of Cailath are considered superior to those of other islands. Despite the brutal discrimination, it is the people of Setu who suffer the harshest of treatments. But Rilan Crendu has had enough, has seen enough, has endured enough and has been patient enough. He wants the Regiment overthrown, peace to be restored and the freedom gifted back to his people. Despite the markings of a warrior, the will to fight, supreme wisdom and resourcefulness, he’s helpless. After all, how do you take down a whole army of carefully trained soldiers?
Oppressed under the wrath of the Sovereign and the soldiers, things cannot possibly be any worse. Except the death of the sovereign, causing his son to take over, does indeed make things worse.
The new rules and regulations at Dren; the so called school every child from the four islands attends gets pulled under the control of the regiment, causing the Setu students to flee.
One by one, each student gets rounded up, for a fate far worse than being whipped in a public setting at Dren.
All but one.
All but Rilan Crendu.
Is this the one chance he had been praying for?
Is this the one chance the entire Lusiartha, save Cailaths has been waiting for?
Read to find out
R. Ann Humphries has done a phenomenal job. The writing is smart, intelligent, believable and has an uncanny ability to keep your thirst perpetually alive, despite the plethora of information being constantly fed to you.
It’s brilliant.
