Lyn is a princess, the fourth daughter of the Queen who rules over a land that has recently come under the attack of a demon. While her mother brushes off the peasants' complaints, Lyn takes it upon herself to call upon the aid of Nyr, an ancient wizard and the last of the Elders who once ruled the world armed with magic. Nyr, for his part, is a spacefaring anthropologist who was sent centuries ago to observe and report back about the colonists of a new planet, and has spent the last 100+ years in stasis, waiting with diminishing hope for some sort of news from those who sent him. He has the ability to use much of the technology that came with the initial colony ship, a skill that has since left the world's civilization as much of that tech broke down and couldn't be fixed. Together this princess and anthropologist/wizard must work together to defeat whatever it is that's killing people and destroying towns.
As the point of view switches between Lyn and Nyr, the story changes from fantasy to science fiction. I was compelled to keep reading, in part to see what happened next, but also to see how Lyn would interpret Nyr's words and actions, and vice versa. This is a fantastic exercise in language and comprehension barriers, and a treatise on how magic is simply science that we don't understand. I very much look forward to discussing with the the Orcs & Aliens on Monday.
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