Under Heaven

English language

Published April 27, 2010

ISBN:
978-0-451-46330-2
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Under Heaven is a fantasy novel by Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay. It is his eleventh novel and was published in April 2010 by Viking Canada. Set in a fantasied Tang China, it is Kay's first work set outside of a fantasied European or Mediterranean setting. The novel is based on a fictionalized version of the An Shi Rebellion. Under Heaven takes place in a completely new world, as seen by it having only one moon as opposed to the two moons normally present in Guy Gavriel Kay's works. In 2013 he published a second novel, River of Stars, set approximately 400 years later in the same world.

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An interesting look at ancient China with 2 small (though important) scenes of the Fantastic. Interesting and a good read, but I guess it just wasn't what I was expecting from a book nominated for the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

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