Di Fuoce E Ombrai [Of Fire and Shadows] --/The History of the Human Race/--
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A mythic, multilingual epic where story is a weapon, gods are fallible, and the price of "enlightenment" is payed in blood.
Of Flame and Shadowsimagines colonial narratives with a splash of Mao and Fanon, exploring constructed narratives, racial essentialism, and linguistic imperialism. To know the real 'astoria'(meaning 'the-story or history'), the reader must play historian: looking in the footnotes and margins for counter-narratives, and critically taking in what is presented. While keeping the pseudo-historicand low-fantasy roots of works like 'Fire & Blood' (which has recently been adapted into HBO's House of the Dragon) in its DNA,This narrative about the control of narrativecompounding the tone ofParadise Lost, Inferno, and the Gnostic Gospelsin a sweeping saga of celestial wars, mortal rebellion, and dark betrayals. DiFuoce e Ombrai [Of Fire and Shadows]is a mythic chronicle where gods bleed, daemons forge empires, and forgotten races claw their way from chains to crowns.
In a world which claims to be birthed from chaos and divine fire, humyroi—once beasts enslaved by daemonek tyrants—rise through enlightenment and bloodshed, only to fracture into warring dynasties, zealous cults and counter-cults. Navigate crumbling empires, volcanic revolutions, and colonial greed in a manuscripttranslatedfrom a fractured reality, where every word will make you question: who writes history—and why?
This is a chronicle with the cosmic stakes ofthe Gnostic Bibleand the political "pragmatism" ofMachiavelli, all translated by Bookchin.A story where rebellions are forged in mythril, faith and prophecy bring war, and explorers sail into haunted frontiers full of "wild" and "godless beasts". Find out: will humanity’s spark outshine the void—or will they drown in the chaos of their own hubris?
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- Hiatus
- Year
- 2025
- Author
- Pyrwrate
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- 5.0/ 5.0
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Community Reviews(3)
- Da TinkerRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0More excited to see where this goes, when do the humans show up in the mix? I like the Benedacia chapter recently, interesting themes of authorship and historicity going on here. The whole religion that the text is steeped in is impossible to seperate from it. It has great moments of imagery and monstrous description, funny footnotes, and interesting cultural ideas. Excited for Chapter III
- Spooky_warlockRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0This is really interesting! excited to see where it goes next ╰(*°▽°*)╯ Really like the imagery of space and the mythos. It reminds me of Greek Mythology! There's a crazy amount of language and invented terminology, but its awesome! It may not be for everyone, but I recommend it!
The themes that are being set up here of light v.s. darkness, historical unreliability, and myth-making are all quite up my alley. If you like history, GRRM's Fire & Blood, Game of Thrones, or House of Leaves, this might be for you. If you hate weighty prose and the work of having to parse through each chapter like its a philosophical text from another world, you might want to sit this one out. However, if you're into worldbuilding, carefully crafted language and mythology, Like the Sillmarillion if it were made as propaganda instead of as flat-out truth. If that kind of layered depth, where editors and translators debate in the margins over the truth of history, this is for you. I know damn well it was for me! (*/ω＼*) BRAVO!
My favorite part was the Section on Benedacia XV in the beginning. I love a book written by an unreliable narrator who you know about, and who is unreliably narrated to you! There seems to be quite a few competing religious and political factions in this world. Taking inspiration from Rome, Gnosticism, and the Bible: its like reading scripture with modern footnotes. These footnotes detail the peculiar situation the reader is in. The reader here must become the chronicler [or should I say kronikleroi] themselves if they wish to seek out the truth. - alliuneedizluvRoyal Road★★★★★ 5.0Incredibly original, well-written, entertaining, and educational read! At first the weighty prose can be difficult, but once you get to know the characters you are completely sucked in. This imaginary world and history the author created, is truly captivating! The attention to detail is extraordinary. I cannot wait for the next chapter to come out. It is "GoT" on steroids!
I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone.