Synopsis
As the freshest conscript aboard the walking fortress of Revance, Ryza forges a name for himself in battle. The enemy are the smelters, bandits that trade in reanimated corpses. But for Ryza, the bloodshed represents a path of redemption for an upbringing he’s just escaped.His prowess with a rifle draws the interest of the Locusts, a clandestine faction within Revance’s ranks. It turns out that not all aboard the fortress seek to stamp out the plague of molten flux, the mysterious liquid metal that fills the bodies of the dead and makes them walk again.Some seek to profit.The reanimated corpses —known as autominds— are used to control enormous contraptions of magnetically enchanted metal, forming the backbone of The Droughtland’s factories.
The only thing stopping the smelters from expanding their illicit industry is Revance.The Locusts make Ryza an offer. Either help overthrow Revance to do the smelter’s bidding or reveal his father’s legacy as the very thing Ryza now fights against.The former is unthinkable. The latter means death.Ryza resolves to infiltrate them and expose the mutiny, plunging him back into the murky underworld of the smelters, testing his convictions, and even leading him to the ancient origins of molten flux itself.
Review
Molten Flux is a brilliant novel by Jonathan Weiss that is as energetic as it is thrilling.
This is a journey through the pages as we travel on Revance and its accompanying lands. This interesting concept is a brilliant machination from Weiss that shows the imagination here and to start with this foundation and build upon this was a fascinating start to this novel.
The characters here were unique and exciting, each with their own personality. Ryza is a complex character that slowly unravels throughout. Ryza is on a personal journey of development whilst also journeying through the story and there are a lot of questions that I can’t wait to get to in book two.
I’m a fan of the landscape here. This is a harsh terrain that Revance travels and whilst everyone is struggling, they have ways of navigating these troubles and it’s clear that Weiss has a clear vision for this series that makes it more excitable. The magic system itself is easy to understand but also mystical and mysterious. I like how Weiss had everything connect and truly understood this novel and it showed with the writing.
I urge everyone to pick this up for an amazing sci-fi novel that has you turning the page.
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