2920, Morning Star by Carlovac Townway is the first book in a twelve part series about the history of Vivec and the empire. Another short book, this one is told through a series of journal entries that list the date of the entry and the location of the events for that entry. There are four entries that all take place, as you may have guessed, in the first month of the year Morning Star, although none of them seem to connect to each other. Still, the writing is very descriptive, drawing you into the scene and allowing you to really picture what's going on, so the disconnect is not as bad as it could be.
The first entry takes place in Mournhold, Morrowind on 1 Morning Star, 2920. The demi-godess Almalexia awakes from her bed after having a vision. She walks outside to see her lover Vivec, a god, writing in his study across the courtyard and calls out to him. She then informs him that she had a vision of the end of the war between Morrowind and the Cyrodilic Empire, with the Cryodilic Empire as the victors. Vivec asks her to locate another god named Sotha Sil and return him to Morrowind, in order to protect the province. This entry is very hard to understand without knowing more about the locations and people involved, but it has good imagery and can be enjoyed regardless.
The second entry is in Gideon, Black Marsh on 4 Morning Star, 2920. It takes place in a cell where the Empress of somewhere is pacing. She rips apart a tapestry she was making and calls for her guard, at which point she starts to plan to assassinate her husband. And that's about it. It's fairly difficult to tell what the purpose of this section is at the moment. Perhaps it will be explained in the next book. Moving on.
The third entry is in my hometown of The Imperial City, Cyrodiil on 14 Morning Star, 2920. It details a friendly fight between The Emperor Reman III's son, Prince Juilek and the Potentate's (Chief Advisor's) son, Savirien-Chorak, in the Imperial Arena. The fight is fairly well described and worth reading, and the small bit of dialogue that the emperor and the potentate share teases at something bigger happening in the next books.
The forth and final entry is back in Mournhold, Morrowind on 21 Morning Star, 2920 although we are with different people this time. The duke of Mournhold and who I can only assume is his lover talk to each other about their relationship, her weight, and current events as she dresses to leave. It is revealed on her way out of the door that she is pregnant with his child and that she is unsure of how he would feel about it.
Because this is only the first in a series of books and it is following a style, I will excuse the most glaring part of my critique, that the book is disconnected and very hard to follow. The fact that it is a historical account makes it difficult to judge for content, so overall I can only really judge it for how well it is written. Which would be fairly well.
2920, Morning Star
Length: *
Difficulty: ***
Overall Enjoyment: ***
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