The Surviving Sky, Kritika H. Rao
The Surviving Sky, Kritika H. Rao
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The Surviving Sky

Author: Kritika H. Rao

Narrator: Sharmila Devar, Pranshu Mishra

Unabridged: 18 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/13/2023

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Epic


Synopsis

High above a jungle-planet float the last refuges of humanity—plant-made civilizations held together by tradition, technology, and arcane science. Here, architects are revered deeply, with humanity’s survival reliant on a privileged few.

If not for their abilities, the cities would plunge into the devastating earthrage storms below.

Charismatic and powerful, Iravan is one such architect. His abilities are his identity, but to Ahilya, his archeologist wife, they are a method to suppress nonarchitects. Their marriage is thorny and fraught—yet when a jungle expedition
goes terribly wrong, jeopardizing their careers, Ahilya and Iravan must work together to save their reputations. But as their city begins to plummet, their discoveries threaten not only their marriage, but their entire civilization.

About Kritika H. Rao

Kritika H. Rao is a speculative and children’s fiction author, who has lived in India, Australia, Canada, and The Sultanate of Oman. Whether writing for younger audiences or adults, Kritika’s stories are influenced by her lived experiences, and explore themes of self vs. the world, identity, and the nature of consciousness.


Reviews

The last surviving humans live in floating plant-made cities above a dangerous jungle planet. The select few who rule are the architects. They have all the knowledge about their history, the plants that make up their floating islands and the storms that ravage the planet. They don’t share that knowl......more

Goodreads review by BJ

This is an extraordinary debut, poised between tenderness and fury. Granted, I have deep interest in stories about power struggles within relationships; likewise novels that probe the family lives of the powerful, the intimacy of politics and the politics of intimacy. The writing itself is vivid if......more

Goodreads review by gauri

read this review on my blog! If I have to start with something, I’d say the cover perfectly visualises the setting of this book. The Surviving Sky is an upcoming science fantasy that follows Ahilya, a non-architect who hopes to gain an influence on the matters of the city by finding solutions in the......more