To Be Divine: Between Earth and Sky, a trilogy by Rebecca Roanhorse
I’ve written in the past about my enjoyment of fantasy fiction that isn’t based on Western European history and mythology. Rebecca Roanhorse has many writing credits, but I first found her work when I picked up a copy of Black Sun , the first book of the Between Earth and Sky trilogy. In it, I found a world rich in influences from pre-Columbian cultures. What is pre-Columbian? It means anytime before Christopher Columbus made his journey to the Americas. We are taught that the people and their cultures that existed before this monumental event were not developed, were amoral, and worth less than the people who “discovered” their shores. In fact, there were rich traditions, advanced land conservation and farming techniques, and many other things that I can’t even begin to touch on here. That’s why stories that draw from these traditions are so important to help expand our empathy and experience life outside of our typical world views. Photo by Solaris Books The books are, in order,
