Cover design by Rita Frangie
Just a reminder. The Ruby Throne trilogy is a serial and, therefore, the individual installments need to be read in order.
Why do we do the things we do in life? My personal opinion is that the system of propaganda we grow up with focuses our attention on some matters and away from others. Pleasantville becomes a constant state for us rather than a place to visit when we need to rest from reality. When two systems meet, dissonance arises and our minds and bodies begin the fight of where we are going to end up.
For Caelan and Elandra that end stop was a place where they chose to confront their veils and try to strip some of them away. The tools they have utilized thus far on their journey through life are no longer adequate and must be exchanged for others that will cause more pain in the short run. Growing pains, I believe such hurt is called.
On the journey through the hidden ways Caelan makes Elandra drink her cup of veiling while he chooses to see the world of Lord Beloth for what it is. But as their journey together through the kingdom of Beloth continues Elandra fights her veil and comes through choosing to see what is rather than hide from it. For both of them the truth is frightening but at least both of them finally have the opportunity of seeing what is.
Who survives and who dies is something you will have to discover for yourself.
Reviews:
- Series: Ruby Throne
- Mass Market Paperback: 395 pages
- Publisher: Ace (October 1, 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0441004806
- ISBN-13: 978-0441004805
My review of:
humanitysdarkerside 
Sounds like an interesting book. Speaking of propaganda, the US is being filled with right-wing craziness these days and it’s effective enough that a lot of friends I grew up with, who have very little money, end up voting in the interests of the rich and against their own. And it’s hardly even Pleasantville they are living in. Wonder how they could get a few veils stripped away.
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Getting to be that way here as well. Scary, huh?
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