Why is it so good?
The audiobook I’m listening to currently is pretty good: “The beginning after the end”. But that’s not what I’m trying to convince you to hear.
Go listen or Read “Cradle” by Will Wight. That’s a probably a 9/10. I can’t recommend it enough.
Both are fantasy novels, where the main characters gradually get stronger in principle.
Also: Travis Baldree is the GOAT for reading books.
Light Bringer by Pierce Brown. It’s part of the Red Rising series and it’s awesome.
Currently I’m listening to “What It Means to Be Moral” by Phil Zuckerman on Audible.
I like how it contrasts why some people might do the things that they do based on their beliefs and what it can lead a person to do or not do. It doesn’t force any conclusions on to you but it does make you think about things to come to your own conclusions.
The Lightbringer series by author Brent Weeks.
The type of “magic” in this fantasy series is unlike any other that I know of. Light can be split by some people into it’s individual colors, 1st book is The Black Prism, and those colors are able to be used/cast in a physical form with each color having specific properties and effects on the person that has the ability to use that color. Green is wild/free, red is anger/impulsive and so on. The prism, god chosen representative, is able to use all colors without limits. Murder, spies, politics, love, plot twists, magic…it’s got it all.
The reading is fairly easy and the story is easy to follow. This is, I think, the 4th time I am listening to the series. All of Brent Weeks books have been good…but something about this series is great.
It really made me start wondering how we can see infrared, ultraviolet and even the x ray light spectrums, but we have yet to do so in the microwave spectrum. It’d be awesome to see the world through such lens. Imagine being able to see through walls with WiFi and cell towers illuminating everything.
https://youtu.be/jibvu9BHV_k?si=Q80rb2tB_Cz0TdWM
Totally not book related but your comment made me think of it… Good episode on colors.
Mother of Learning. It’s one of the best Rat Fics I’ve ever read, now in audio form.