Брент Уикс, «Чёрная призма».
Почти не читаю фентези, но наткнулся в сети на обсуждение книги, купил и прослушал две части. Остальные, к сожалению, на русском не вышли, и неизвестно, выйдут ли (издательство отвечает отписками). При этом история сквозная, так что сами решайте. Потому что нереальная годнота как раз для тех, кто фентези считает менее умным и серьёзным жанром, нежели обычный сайфай.
В этой вселенной маги могут колдовать, создавая из света разных цветов материальную субстанцию — люксин. При этом от цвета зависят физические свойства люксина: красный, например, липкий и взрывоопасный, синий прочный как металл, из зелёного можно делать верёвки и так далее. Большинство магов извлекают люксин одного цвета, реже двух соседних. Ещё реже больше. Причём, магия вполне подчиняется обычной физике: если маг наденет очки с цветными стёклами, то ему колдуется гораздо проще. Каждый извлекатель может за жизнь совершить некоторый конечный объём магии, после чего сходит с ума, и текущее состояние на этой шкале всегда видно по степени перекрашивания глазных белков.
И первый любопытный факт, что главный герой уже самый могущественный маг и правитель империи, способный неограниченно использовать все цвета. Нередко в таких произведениях герой либо скрытый избранный, внезапно обнаруживающий в себе особые способности, либо поднимающийся со дна простолюдин (вор, маленький человек итд). А тут положение героя сразу концентрирует сюжет вокруг политики, управления страной и прочих масштабных вопросов.
Второй любопытный факт, что автор явно гик, так что в сюжете вы найдёте реализацию реактивной тяги на люксиновых деталях, создаваемые магами полиспасты, отсылки к оптике, строительству, и в целом очень логичный, продуманный и непротиворечивый мир. Упоминаются маги, работающие с инфракрасным и УФ-диапазоном и даже с микроволновым излучением.
Отдельный респект за то, что элита и всякая пафосная знать в этом мире играет не в какой-нибудь унылый покер, который и игрой то назвать нельзя, а в настоящую ККИ, правила и геймплей которой тоже описаны с неплохой степенью подробности (думаю, писатель вдохновлялся реальной Magic The Gathering).
Из недостатков могу отметить неспешный сюжет — событий происходит очень мало. Вроде как всего уже написано 5 или 6 книг, но, как я уже сказал, придётся ждать. Ещё в книге есть один раздражающий, на мой взгляд, персонаж, неправдоподобно везучий. И стоит упомянуть, что переводчики первой и второй книги разные, и они почему-то друг с другом не синхронизировались по именам. Но в остальном, пожалуй, самое интересное на мой личный вкус фентези, из тех, что я читал, если вообще такое жанровое определение применимо.
Кстати, озвучку аудиокниг на русском записал профессиональный диктор Илья Дементьев, и это просто офигеть как круто звучит. Есть много хороших чтецов, но профи с 20-летним стажем поднимает чтение на какой-то нереальный уровень, как по мне.
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🚨 Zionist soldiers are documented hovering over a child they shot in Al-Aroub camp, #AlKhalil after they obstructed medical crews from reaching him.
Two other children have also been wounded by zionist bullets in the camp.
24-year-old prisoner Afnan Abu Hussein was released on a financial bail of 5,000 shekels on October 14 after being arrested the day prior from her home in the town of Bani Naim, #AlKhalil.
Afnan, who is in her ninth month of pregnancy (with a scheduled caesarean section on 16/10) and is a mother to a two-year-old child was beaten by the IOF in her home before they detained her. They abducted her before she was able to wear her hijab. She described the terrible conditions she experienced during her detention:
"They provoked me in the worst ways; it was psychological torture for me. They filmed me on TikTok while I was tied with shackles to the bed, and they danced around me. I would ask for a cup of water, after two days of no eating or drinking, and they would throw it in front of me; as a result, I became dehydrated and the water dried up for the baby. They didn't give me any medical treatment."
During her detention, the IOF also forced her to sign a paper which says she is responsible in the case of the death of her baby because she refused to give birth in an occupation hospital.
"Between us and them are mountains of corpses, rivers of hatred, blood, and blood, and blood, wailing, and a long revenge."
The ancient words repeated by our leaders, the Lion of the Den Mishal Al-Baghdadi and NidalKhazem, are present at the event honoring the second anniversary of martyr Nizar Banat's assassination by the traitorous Palestinian Authority in #AlKhalil.
Beyond the Envelope: Towards Al-Quds:
Under the cover and support of rocket fire, the resistance began a new and large incursion by land, air, and sea into occupied Palestine about three hours ago:
- Paratroopers have reportedly landed in "Netivot."
- Commandos of the resistance's naval units have set foot in IOF naval bases near occupied Asqalan and are engaged in fierce clashes.
- A large number of fighters stormed settlements with vehicles, taking over Route 232 and making their way deeper and deeper into the occupied interior.
Meanwhile, shooting operations and confrontations do not stop in the West Bank. Hezbollah has targeted IOF posts in occupied Shebaa Farms. An operation in Alexandria, Egypt led to the killing two zionists. One million settlers are leaving the entity, and thousands are fleeing settlements.
The temporary entity has declared a state of war. Over 100 settlers have been captured in Gaza, yet the IOF continues to indiscriminately bomb the Strip. At least 700 settlers have been killed, as many in two days as in three years of the Second Intifada.
Liberating land in real time, the resistance is closing in on the West Bank, at the door of "Kiryat Arba" in #AlKhalil. The resistance is a mere 10 kilometers away from splitting the zionist entity in two.
Free our Lions!
Despite the Palestinian Authority courts deciding to release him, the traitorous Palestinian Authority continues to kidnap the wanted resistance fighter, a Lion of the Den and Al-Qassam Brigades member, Musab Shtayyeh. Musab has been tortured and held in solitary confinement by the PA since the moment of his arrest. Musab was a strong link between Gaza and Nablus; the PA criminalizes his righteous resistance for the sake of the people they claim to represent because they work hand-in-hand with the zionist enemy.
The wanted resistance fighter and Al-Qassam Brigades member Musa Attallah has been kidnapped by the "Authority" for 135 days today.
The PA's tyranny knows no bounds, as it has also kidnapped one of its own officers, Emad Odeh. He has been held for 211 days as of today, simply for opening fire against a colonial settler as he was being attacked by them. Emad went on hunger strike in April.
The traitorous PA attacks Palestinians, doing the bidding of the zionist enemy. In the last few weeks, they have used undercover forces to arrest student activists and freed prisoners, to burn their cars, and open fire on the families of martyrs and prisoners. Following a large campaign of arrests in #AlKhalil, a number of students have been held for over a week. Two prisoners kidnapped by the PA are on their 9th day of hunger strike: Ismail Abu Shkeidem and Abdullah Al-Sous. Just a few days ago, its forces opened fire on mourners of resistance leader and martyr Khader Adnan, a figure that they repeatedly attacked in his life.
The list of similar cases goes on... Khader Adnan, Basil Al-Araj, Nizar Banat, Ahmed Sa'adat. The PA is simply a servant of zionism, and in the words of Basil, it "participates in our annihilation."
🚨 The IOF arrested 6 children during a raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of #AlKhalil, according to local sources.
Separately, the Palestine Red Crescent Society reported that medical teams are treating a 21-year-old man who sustained gunshot wounds to the thigh and back from "israeli" occupation forces fire in Birzeit, north of #Ramallah.
🚨 IOF units are conducting a widespread campaign of raids and incursions across occupied Palestine, with operations concentrated in #Nablus, #Qalqilya, and #AlKhalil.
Concurrently, armed settlers are launching violent assaults with live fire against residential areas in the vicinity of Al-Arroub camp. Settler provocations are also reported across the Nablus district.
🚨 IOF units are conducting a widespread campaign of raids and incursions across occupied Palestine, with operations concentrated in #Nablus, #Qalqilya, and #AlKhalil.
Concurrently, armed settlers are launching violent assaults with live fire against residential areas in the vicinity of Al-Arroub camp. Settler provocations are also reported across the Nablus district.
🚨Summary of settler attacks in the West Bank over the past 24 hours:
• A settler attempted to run over a Palestinian woman near Al-Minya village, east of #Bethlehem.
• Settlers uprooted a large number of olive trees in the Wadi Musa area of Turmus Ayya, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attempted to block farmers from plowing their lands in the plains of Turmus Ayya.
• Settlers erected a tent near citizens' homes by the Carmelo roundabout near Al-Taybeh village, east of #Ramallah.
• Settlers released livestock in the vicinity of Palestinian homes in Susya village, Masafer Yatta, south of #AlKhalil.
• Settlers stormed Kafr Malik village, northeast of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attacked farmers and blocked access to their lands in the Ghuraba area, northwest of Sinjil village, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers cut down and uprooted 400 centuries-old olive trees in the lands of Qusra, south of #Nablus.
• Settlers released livestock onto farmers' lands in Khirbet Al-Tawil, east of Aqraba, south of #Nablus.
🚨Summary of settler attacks in the West Bank over the past 24 hours:
• A settler attempted to run over a Palestinian woman near Al-Minya village, east of #Bethlehem.
• Settlers uprooted a large number of olive trees in the Wadi Musa area of Turmus Ayya, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attempted to block farmers from plowing their lands in the plains of Turmus Ayya.
• Settlers erected a tent near citizens' homes by the Carmelo roundabout near Al-Taybeh village, east of #Ramallah.
• Settlers released livestock in the vicinity of Palestinian homes in Susya village, Masafer Yatta, south of #AlKhalil.
• Settlers stormed Kafr Malik village, northeast of #Ramallah.
• Settlers attacked farmers and blocked access to their lands in the Ghuraba area, northwest of Sinjil village, north of #Ramallah.
• Settlers cut down and uprooted 400 centuries-old olive trees in the lands of Qusra, south of #Nablus.…
🚨 The IOF and armed settlers conducted a series of aggressions across the West Bank today:
Armed settlers attacked farmers in the village of Al-Mughayyir in #Ramallah and prevented them from harvesting olives. (media 1,2) Settlers also cut down olive trees in the village of Yasuf, east of #Salfit (media 3,4).
The IOF invaded the town of Beita, south of #Nablus, where confrontations erupted between resistance youth and the zionist forces. (media 5,6,7).
The IOF fired live bullets heavily at Palestinian homes at the entrance of Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of #AlKhalil. (media 8,9)
The IOF invaded Shufat refugee camp in #AlQuds. (media 10)