The Black Tides of Heaven is one of a pair of unique, standalone introductions
to JY Yang's Tensorate Series, which Kate Elliott calls "effortlessly
fascinating." For more of the story you can read its twin novella The Red
Threads of Fortune, available simultaneously.
Mokoya and Akeha, the twin children of the Protector, were sold to the Grand
Monastery as children. While Mokoya developed her strange prophetic gift, Akeha
was always the one who could see the strings that moved adults to action. While
his sister received visions of what would be, Akeha realized what could be.
What's more, he saw the sickness at the heart of his