Paperback, 535 pages
Published Nov. 20, 2018 by Everything2 & Things of Interest.
Magic is real. Discovered in the 1970s, magic is now a bona fide field of engineering. There's magic in heavy industry and magic in your home. It's what's next after electricity. Student mage Laura Ferno has designs on the future: her mother died trying to reach space using magic, and Laura wants to succeed where she failed. But first, she has to work out what went wrong. And who her mother really was. And whether, indeed, she's dead at all...
Ra is a tremendously well-crafted story on a scale far-larger than it initially seems, made all the more impressive by its serial release nature. Sam Hughes' works should go down in history alongside Asimov and Sagan.
This book is unlike anything else I’ve ever read. It twists the world up in so many ways I just couldn’t help but love it. It can be hard to follow, and perhaps a bit heavy handed at times, but all that is more than worth it. The ending(s) really make the story whole but you probably won't like it :P
I'd love to see a new edit almost? It feels like it needs a professional editor and a print run but these are nit picks. If you want some sci-fi that will blow your mind go read it.
