The Sand Warrior
By a bunch of people
Published by Random House
This book's a bit hard to explain. It stars Oona, sand dancer, a kind of elite magic people on this one planet who can control sand (sand is important) but isn't very good at it. Through a mistake, she finds out that the 5 planets (4 of them are moons but I don't want to go into much detail here) are dying due to global warming because there are these giant towers that were put there by the gods of the realm and now they are closed so heat is building up, so now she must group up with some unusual companions in order to find the "Chosen One" to fix everyone. I understand that's a really bad description, but it makes way more sense if you actually read the book. Trust me on this.
I like this book, but at certain parts I feel like it just grabs a few to many cliches (the chosen one, many of the spaceship designs, the warrior race, etc...) but over all it's original ideas are strong enough to stand. The art is pretty good. I especially like the architecture. The characters are fine, nothing to write home about. The chemistry between the characters is decent, but there are a few moments where a character makes a decision that seems to clash with their goal. The plot does get a bit incomprehensible at times, but over all it works. But this book does have one big problem that I see more and more. The dreaded "First book in a series" syndrome. This book is mainly concerned with info dumping about the world, while providing an okay story to keep you interested. I feel like this book isn't too hurt by it, but I worry that as this gets more common, it could seriously hurt books like it.
TL;DR: 7/10
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