Sunborn Rising Beneath the Fall eBook Aaron Safronoff
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Award winning novel, award winning author, award winning illustrations.
"Stunning. Awe-inspiring. Revolutionary… an instant fantasy classic” [BlueInk Review].
Cerulean is on the brink of collapse. The decay wasn’t fast, it wasn’t obvious, but now the world stands on the precipice.
Woven forests floating on an ocean around a star, Cerulean’s once vibrant treescape has grown dim over generations of arboreal life, and the creatures of the forest have forgotten the light.
Barra, a young, willful Listlespur, finds her late father's hidden journal, and reads about his discovery of Cerulean’s brighter past and the mysterious plague he believed has all but destroyed it. He warned the Elders. He urged them to take action. Those were his last words…
Together with her two best friends, Barra will rekindle her father’s legacy and traverse the Great Forest to relight her world, even if she has to travel beneath the Fall.
To fully realize Safronoff’s incredible world building, an amazing team of artists helped visualize the depths and magic of Cerulean through 40 full color pieces of art and over 80 line drawings. This illustrated fantasy novel, Sunborn Rising Beneath the Fall, is available on and in Paperback and Hardcover editions. (Note If reading on an e-ink device, color illustrations will be grayscale).
Sunborn Rising Beneath the Fall eBook Aaron Safronoff
While the writing isn't as elegant as say, Neil Gaiman's, Sunborn Rising: Beneath the Fall invents a whole new world unlike anything I've read before and I loved living in it for a while. Accompanied by truly beautiful illustrations, (which helped flesh out the story in ways words just couldn't do) this is a great introduction to what I hope will be an epic adventure story. In Beneath the Fall we meet Barra, Tory and Plicks, young arboreals who stumble into saving their world - or so they think. In a way, I'm reminded of The Hobbit - the adventure is just getting started here, but has great potential to be one for the ages. This book feels like what it is, a beginning story, but that's okay. The world is so rich I imagine there could be hundreds of stories to tell, which excites me. I love a good series. I understand there is also a Sunborn Rising video game in the pipeline, and I expect that to be even better- it's such a visual wonder it seems custom made for a gaming crossover.Edit: I almost forgot to mention that I will definitely be sharing this book with my kids. My 13 year old and my 10 year old will LOVE the art and I expect they'll dig the adventure, too.
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Sunborn Rising Beneath the Fall eBook Aaron Safronoff Reviews
Aaron Safronoff’s unique vision of an alien world formed from a ring of trees growing around the sun that sits at the world’s center and teeming with a myriad of intelligent (and often somewhat cuddly) life forms all springs into gloriously vivid life within the pages of this masterfully presented novel. This is as much due to the numerous illustrations spread throughout the book as it is to Safronoff’s meticulous world-building and excellent writing skills. Each full color print or line art insert helps bring an extra bit of depth, touch of emotion or sense of wonder to the proceedings as every image skillful builds upon the script that it was so carefully crafted to represent.
Aside from a few minor quibbles here and there, Safronoff’s novel is an absolute feast for the mind’s eye. Whether it’s running across the tops of the mighty Great Trees or plunging deep into the darkest depths of the ocean below their roots, where the water boils eternally around an inner sun, each moment spent journeying through the many lands of Cerulean is another moment spent unlocking something new and wondrous. While “Sunborn Rising” may be a bit too dark at times for extremely young readers, for everyone else, Safronoff’s epic first installment is a grand tale that is a solidly written and wonderfully illustrated all-ages adventure fit for both teens and adults alike.
Read this on a color device! The detailed color illustrations glow and are absolutely awesome using for PC on my 2-in-1. I say "the future of fiction" because this kind of book will appeal to today's children, encourage color e-ink, and perhaps integrated sound links in the text. I found myself wondering what the "boil" sounds like, and wished for a link to click and hear it. (After reading I went to the website and realized there is a soundtrack available! And a game.)
The story is good, but especially I found the unusual world and beings creative and fascinating. The main heroes are only 11 years old. I think the great illustrations and the story (and possibly the music,though not included, it is available) can help draw in children that don't normally read.
There is a glossary and descriptive character list at the end of the book. From these descriptions, I'm really hoping that future volumes will give the backstory behind Argus and Fizzit, especially. However, they are not young characters, so it may be harder to maintain the YA appeal.
I think this format of great illustrations and music can really enhance reading, while still keeping the benefits of reading that films don't provide - the opportunity to still visualize for oneself, and especially to get inside the heads of the characters. Films can show action well, but thoughts aren't so visual. Text gives us the chance to experience what people are thinking.
A friend of mine, whose judgment I trust when it comes to books recommended this book, and I finally carved out some time to dive into it. I'm glad I finally did, because I could tell from the first few pages that I was in for a treat. Safronoff's writing is some of the best I've had the pleasure of reading, and that's saying something. Read this sentence and tell me I'm wrong "The rhythm of Barra’s heart became a brief rapid staccato like an urgent knock at the door. Barra didn’t hesitate. She answered." Okay maybe I'm exaggerating, but the writing is really good.
The brightest spot is the illustrations, be they with or without color. They allow you to witness the world the author created, even if it takes away from what you come up with on your own while reading; however that loss of coming up with your own images of the setting and characters is miniscule one you see what is drawn. It's breathtaking to say the least. With that said, those same illustrations have a small drawback the art could be referencing something different than what you wanted to see, or something you read a page or two back, and that can lead to a break in the tension, excitement, awe etc. It also causes a break in the flow of the story...mostly due to me stopping and gawking at the gorgeous art. Even still these illustrations make the book for me; Safronoff not only created a world but gives us the chance to see it the way it was meant to be seen. That is going above and beyond if you ask me, and I very much appreciated it, because while my imagination is off the wall, seeing the art in this book absolutely floored me.
Another refreshing thing about this book is the relationship between Barra, Plicks, and Tory. It's so innocent and brings a smile to my face more often the longer I read. To see how these young bups cared about each other, to see the sincerity in their emotions; it was great. A great friendship devoid of ill intentions. It's rare for me to see in books, but maybe that's just because of the genres I've been reading lately. Nevertheless, it was nice to see such pure comradeship and not wonder whether or not someone was going to stab someone else in the back.
On another note, I didn't pay attention to the subtitle of the book at first Beneath The Fall. I was often wondering when the bups's circumstances would change, but it states in the title itself that things "beneath the fall" would be explored. I think actually reading the blurb before getting the book would have prepared me for that, but I just got the book due to the recommendation of a friend. I'm glad I did though.
Safronoff develops an almost overwhelmingly vivid world of light, wonder and creativity, while balancing that with a story that melds a tale of lighthearted adventure with the fear of the unknown in the form of the threat of Argus, the Creepervine and all that comes with it, including the very real possibility the world as they know will end. Not too light nor too heavy, right? There's nothing better than seeing an creator at the top of their game, whether it's as a writer, artists or something in between. That is Aaron Safronoff's "Sunborn Rising" a creator running on all cylinders. Barra, Plicks and Tory are engaging characters, despite their young age, and you can't help but want to see them succeed. That's how you know an author has done their job well you care about the characters and what they go through. Intriguing characters with believable and grounded relationships despite being in a fantastical world; a beautiful and well-developed world; and awesome characters designs. What more can you ask for in a book?
Oh, and Jaeden low-key became my favorite character, despite how little time she was given. She was like a loyal ninja in service to Brace and Barra, and I loved that. Nothing better than a skilled, shinobi-like character. And her character design is awesome! Wish there was more of her throughout, but that can be changed in the sequel...fingers crossed.
Well, that's it for this one! Stay golden Ponyboy.
While the writing isn't as elegant as say, Neil Gaiman's, Sunborn Rising Beneath the Fall invents a whole new world unlike anything I've read before and I loved living in it for a while. Accompanied by truly beautiful illustrations, (which helped flesh out the story in ways words just couldn't do) this is a great introduction to what I hope will be an epic adventure story. In Beneath the Fall we meet Barra, Tory and Plicks, young arboreals who stumble into saving their world - or so they think. In a way, I'm reminded of The Hobbit - the adventure is just getting started here, but has great potential to be one for the ages. This book feels like what it is, a beginning story, but that's okay. The world is so rich I imagine there could be hundreds of stories to tell, which excites me. I love a good series. I understand there is also a Sunborn Rising video game in the pipeline, and I expect that to be even better- it's such a visual wonder it seems custom made for a gaming crossover.
Edit I almost forgot to mention that I will definitely be sharing this book with my kids. My 13 year old and my 10 year old will LOVE the art and I expect they'll dig the adventure, too.
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